Beijing: 6.8 magnitude earthquake hits China sichuan On Monday the province, the region’s strongest hit since 2017, killed 46 and shook the provincial capital Chengdu and more distant provinces.
State television reported that some roads and homes near the quake’s epicenter were damaged by landslides, while communication services were disrupted in at least one area.
There was no damage to dams and hydroelectric stations within 50 km (31 mi) of the epicenter, although damage to the provincial grid affected power to about 40,000 end users.
The epicenter of the earthquake was in the city of Luding. China Earthquake Network Center Said, about 226 km southwest of Chengdu in the mountains.
Earthquakes are common in the southwestern province of Sichuan, especially in its mountains to the west, a tectonically active region along the eastern boundary of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau.
Laura luoThe woman, who lives in Chengdu, a city of about 21 million people, was on her way to her apartment block when she saw people rushing out of their high-rise homes after receiving earthquake warnings on their phones.
“There were many people who were so scared that they started crying,” PR consultant Luo told Reuters.
“All the dogs started barking. It was actually quite scary,” she said, referring to the start of the earthquake.
In Luding, the earthquake was so strong that it was difficult for some people to stand, while cracks appeared in some houses. China News Service informed of.
Video clips on social media showed lights swinging as people came out of buildings to the streets.
Sichuan’s provincial government said more than 30 people had been killed. At least four of them were in Ludding.
According to state television, a total of 39,000 people live within 20 km of the quake’s epicenter and 1.55 million within 100 km.
It was Sichuan’s biggest earthquake since August 2017, when a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck Aba Prefecture.
The most powerful Sichuan earthquake on record was in May 2008, when a magnitude 8.0 earthquake centered in Wenchuan killed nearly 70,000 people and caused extensive damage.
The tremors of Monday’s earthquake were also felt in the provinces YunnanShaanxi and Guizhou are hundreds of kilometers apart, according to state media.
Chengdu resident Samantha yangThe 23-year-old, when the earthquake struck, was in bed to take a nap.
“The building shook, each time more severely than before,” Yang said. “In fact, it was the scariest since the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake.”
State television reported that some roads and homes near the quake’s epicenter were damaged by landslides, while communication services were disrupted in at least one area.
There was no damage to dams and hydroelectric stations within 50 km (31 mi) of the epicenter, although damage to the provincial grid affected power to about 40,000 end users.
The epicenter of the earthquake was in the city of Luding. China Earthquake Network Center Said, about 226 km southwest of Chengdu in the mountains.
Earthquakes are common in the southwestern province of Sichuan, especially in its mountains to the west, a tectonically active region along the eastern boundary of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau.
Laura luoThe woman, who lives in Chengdu, a city of about 21 million people, was on her way to her apartment block when she saw people rushing out of their high-rise homes after receiving earthquake warnings on their phones.
“There were many people who were so scared that they started crying,” PR consultant Luo told Reuters.
“All the dogs started barking. It was actually quite scary,” she said, referring to the start of the earthquake.
In Luding, the earthquake was so strong that it was difficult for some people to stand, while cracks appeared in some houses. China News Service informed of.
Video clips on social media showed lights swinging as people came out of buildings to the streets.
Sichuan’s provincial government said more than 30 people had been killed. At least four of them were in Ludding.
According to state television, a total of 39,000 people live within 20 km of the quake’s epicenter and 1.55 million within 100 km.
It was Sichuan’s biggest earthquake since August 2017, when a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck Aba Prefecture.
The most powerful Sichuan earthquake on record was in May 2008, when a magnitude 8.0 earthquake centered in Wenchuan killed nearly 70,000 people and caused extensive damage.
The tremors of Monday’s earthquake were also felt in the provinces YunnanShaanxi and Guizhou are hundreds of kilometers apart, according to state media.
Chengdu resident Samantha yangThe 23-year-old, when the earthquake struck, was in bed to take a nap.
“The building shook, each time more severely than before,” Yang said. “In fact, it was the scariest since the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake.”