Just Earth News | @justearthnews | 06 Sep 2022, 12:42 am Print
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Chengdu/UNI: A total of 65 people have been killed in a 6.8-magnitude earthquake that jolted Luding County in southwest China's Sichuan Province on Monday, local authorities said on Tuesday.
Thirty-seven people were killed in Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, and the other 28 died in Shimian County of Ya'an City.
As of 7 am Tuesday, 12 people were missing and 170 were found injured in Ganzi, including 56 seriously injured. A total of 78 people were injured in Shimian County as of 5:50 am Tuesday.
The earthquake struck Luding County at 12:52 pm on Monday (Beijing Time), according to the China Earthquake Networks Center.
Sichuan has activated the highest level of emergency response for the earthquake.
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