VIVAnews-the death toll in the earthquake in Northwest China has reached at least 72 people. Search efforts are still being made victims in the ruins of a House that collapsed was struck by a quake of 6.6 on the richter scale.
The Washington Post wrote, the earthquake occurred in Sichuan province on Saturday morning. Five years ago, the province was also hit by an earthquake about 8 SR that killed 70,000 people, 18,000 missing people. On the earthquake this time, besides the 72 people killed, as many as 600 people were injured.
Shaking can be felt strongly by the neighboring provinces, to the provincial capital Chengdu. The citizens directly running out of the House. The officer had been predicting earlier, casualties could reach up to 100 people.
Xinhua News Agency wrote that houses collapsed when the earthquake occurred, followed by several aftershocks, which could reach 5.1 SR. Earlier USGS earthquake records titiknya is the city of Lushan reaches 7 SR, but revised. Point 13 berkedalaman kilomater epicenter.
President Xi Jinping and Li Keqiang Prime Minister immediately ordered committed efforts in rescuing the victims in order to minimize the nu
mber of dead. Li is currently on the way to Ya'an.
Has been lowered about 2,000 army troops to the scene to help ecakuasi. Most of the victims came from the town of Lushan.
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