{"id":86578,"date":"2023-12-19T02:39:17","date_gmt":"2023-12-19T02:39:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.estaql.com\/at-least-111-people-dead-after-6-2-magnitude-earthquake-strikes-northwestern-china-state-media-world-news\/"},"modified":"2023-12-19T02:39:17","modified_gmt":"2023-12-19T02:39:17","slug":"at-least-111-people-dead-after-6-2-magnitude-earthquake-strikes-northwestern-china-state-media-world-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/estaql.com\/seo\/at-least-111-people-dead-after-6-2-magnitude-earthquake-strikes-northwestern-china-state-media-world-news\/","title":{"rendered":"At least 111 people dead after 6.2 magnitude earthquake strikes northwestern China – state media | World News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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At least 111 people have been killed after a 6.2 magnitude earthquake struck a mountainous region of northwestern China, the country’s state media has said.<\/p>\n

It came before the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC) reported that a second earthquake had struck the Xinjiang region in the northwest of the country. It is not yet clear if there have been any deaths of injuries as a result of the second quake.<\/p>\n

China’s official Xinhua News Agency has reported that 100 people died after the 6.2 magnitude quake struck the province of Gansu just before midnight local time on Monday.<\/p>\n

Another 11 died in the neighbouring province of Qinghai after the quake.<\/p>\n

More than 200 people have been injured – 96 in Gansu and 124 in Qinghai, the news agency added.<\/p>\n

China’s state broadcaster CCTV reports that President Xi Jinping has called for an all-out search and rescue effort to minimise the number of casualties.<\/p>\n

The quake struck in Gansu’s Jishishan county, about three miles from the provincial boundary with Qinghai.<\/p>\n

The US Geological Survey has given the earthquake’s magnitude as 5.9.<\/p>\n

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CCTV reported that water and electricity lines, as well as transportation and communications infrastructure, have been damaged.<\/p>\n

Shockwaves were felt in Lanzhou, the Gansu provincial capital, about 1,450 kilometers (900 miles) southwest of the capital of Beijing.<\/p>\n

University students there rushed out of their dorms, according to a social media post that had images showing young people standing outside.<\/p>\n

Tents, folding beds and quilts were being sent to the disaster area, CCTV said.<\/p>\n

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In September 2022 at least 74 people were reportedly killed in a 6.8 magnitude earthquake that shook China’s southwestern province of Sichuan<\/strong>, triggering landslides and shaking buildings in the provincial capital of Chengdu, where 21 million residents were under a COVID-19 lockdown.<\/p>\n

China’s deadliest earthquake in recent years was a 7.9 magnitude quake in 2008 that killed nearly 90,000 people in Sichuan.<\/p>\n

It devastated towns, schools and rural communities outside Chengdu, leading to a years-long effort to rebuild with more resistant materials.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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