7.0 Earthquake Hits Sichuan China
Four people are reportedly dead at a tourist resort in China’s southwest province of Sichuan following an earthquake measuring 6.5 on the richter scale.
Chinese authorities say the earthquake measured magnitude 7, according to state media.
The earthquake hit a mountainous area some 200km (120 miles) northwest of the city of Guangyuan, and was measured at a depth of 10km (6 miles), according to the USGS.
Four people died and more than 30 people are injured, according to Reuters, which cites Sichuan television.
Update: The number of victims of the Tuesday earthquake in the Sichuan province in southwestern China has increased to 88 people, China’s Central television reported.
Hundreds of people may have been killed and thousands injured in n earthquake that hit China’s southwestern Sichuan province, China’s National Commission for Disaster Reduction said Tuesday.
7.0-magnitude earthquake jolts SW China's Sichuan, casualties unknown. Quake felt 300 km away from epicenter https://t.co/pIIbx2fTKS pic.twitter.com/7rmh5SuxSw
— China Xinhua News (@XHNews) August 8, 2017
610 fire officers and soldiers, 8 sniffer dogs dispatched to the scene after M7.0 #earthquake hits Jiuzhaigou county, SW China's Sichuan pic.twitter.com/SArDCD3FTi
— People's Daily,China (@PDChina) August 8, 2017
Video taken by tourist visiting the Jiuzhaigou Valley when the M7.0 earthquake hit the area on Tue. 38799 tourists visited Jiuzhaigou on Tue pic.twitter.com/Kx05Agxroa
— People's Daily,China (@PDChina) August 8, 2017
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