BEIJING - Rescue work is under way in north-western China, one of the country’s poorest regions, after an earthquake struck Gansu province at 11.59pm on Dec 18, killing at least 118 people.
Electricity, water, transport and communication have been cut off in some areas due to the 6.2-magnitude earthquake, state media reported.
The quake struck in Gansu’s Jishishan autonomous county, which is near the border with Qinghai province. Tremors were felt as far as Xi’an in Shaanxi province, some 570km away.
A total of 4,782 homes have been damaged or destroyed, with hundreds of people injured.
In Gansu, 105 people have died and 397 are injured, the provincial authorities told a news conference on Tuesday morning.
At least 13 have died in Qinghai and another 182 injured, with 20 people still missing.
Mr Ma Zhongying, who lives in Dongjiagou village in Jishishan, said he was awakened by the quake and woke up his family of six.
“We rushed out of our house within seconds. Some family members had a few scrapes here and there amid the tumbling and shaking, but we are very lucky already, considering the damage that the earthquake has caused,” Mr Ma, the county representative of a Chinese logistics company, told The Straits Times over the phone.
He sent ST pictures showing the damage to his two-storey home: roof tiles had fallen off, while parts of the ceiling in his kitchen had also collapsed. There were cracks in the walls of his bedroom and the exterior of the house.
A security video of his company warehouse he provided to ST showed violent tremors occurring around midnight on Dec 18.
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2023-12-19 07:49:04Z
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