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Hundreds of injured survivors are stranded in -15C conditions after 6.2-magnitude earthquake
Following the 6.2-magnitude earthquake that hit Jishishan county in the Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture, Northwest China’s Gansu Province, on Monday, the Bingling Temple Grottoes, part of China’s first batch of cultural relic sites and located near the disaster’s epicenter, saw several stones get knocked loose and fall to the ground, according to the site’s official WeChat account on Tuesday.
CCTV footage shows customers and staff pausing for a moment before scrambling for the exit.
Death toll passes 100, and will likely rise.