BEIJING/CHENGDU: The death toll from a magnitude 6.8 earthquake that struck southwest China has risen to 66 while rescue teams search for victims and survivors, local officials said on Tuesday.
Strong earthquake in Luding County Sichuan Province on Monday.
Officials said 66 people were killed and more than 50,000 people were evacuated after the quake.
38 people have died so far Ganji Tibetan Autonomous PrefectureRescue headquarters told a press briefing that another 28 died in the city of Yan.
Four counties and one county-level city in Ganji Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture and two counties in Yan reported damage related to the earthquake.
Luding County in Ganji and Shimian County in Yan were the hardest-hit areas.
Fifteen people are missing and 253 have been injured, five in critical condition and 70 in critical condition, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.
Of the injured, 175 have been sent to hospitals for further treatment and six medical teams are working at the disaster site.
The earthquake damaged homes, roads, water conservancy facilities, hydropower stations, telecommunications, and tourism and ecological infrastructure.
In Ganji Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, 243 rooms of residential houses collapsed and 13,010 rooms were damaged.
The quake also damaged power transmission lines and power outages in eight townships.
Several villages in Luding and Shimian counties were left isolated as roads leading to them were damaged. Boats are used to evacuate villagers, while transport officials have sent 19 teams to repair the roads to facilitate rescue efforts.
Sichuan has activated the highest level of emergency response to the earthquake. As of Tuesday morning, more than 6,600 firefighters, doctors and other rescue workers were engaged in the rescue and search operation.
provincial emergency management department and sichuan branch of Red Cross Society of China More than 89 thousand items of disaster relief material have been sent to the earthquake affected areas.
Strong earthquake in Luding County Sichuan Province on Monday.
Officials said 66 people were killed and more than 50,000 people were evacuated after the quake.
38 people have died so far Ganji Tibetan Autonomous PrefectureRescue headquarters told a press briefing that another 28 died in the city of Yan.
Four counties and one county-level city in Ganji Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture and two counties in Yan reported damage related to the earthquake.
Luding County in Ganji and Shimian County in Yan were the hardest-hit areas.
Fifteen people are missing and 253 have been injured, five in critical condition and 70 in critical condition, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.
Of the injured, 175 have been sent to hospitals for further treatment and six medical teams are working at the disaster site.
The earthquake damaged homes, roads, water conservancy facilities, hydropower stations, telecommunications, and tourism and ecological infrastructure.
In Ganji Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, 243 rooms of residential houses collapsed and 13,010 rooms were damaged.
The quake also damaged power transmission lines and power outages in eight townships.
Several villages in Luding and Shimian counties were left isolated as roads leading to them were damaged. Boats are used to evacuate villagers, while transport officials have sent 19 teams to repair the roads to facilitate rescue efforts.
Sichuan has activated the highest level of emergency response to the earthquake. As of Tuesday morning, more than 6,600 firefighters, doctors and other rescue workers were engaged in the rescue and search operation.
provincial emergency management department and sichuan branch of Red Cross Society of China More than 89 thousand items of disaster relief material have been sent to the earthquake affected areas.