China: 5.4 magnitude earthquake leaves at least 10 injured and 12 buildings collapsed

A magnitude 5.4 earthquake struck northeastern China on Sunday, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), and left at least 10 people injured and dozens of buildings collapsed.

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Locals posted videos on social media of lamps swinging from the ceiling, the ground shaking or people evacuating their homes, and even people walking through rubble on the ground.

He shaking It occurred at 2:33 p.m. local time (6:33 p.m. GMT on Saturday), 26 kilometers south of the city of Dezhou, in Shandong province, at a depth of 10 kilometers, the USGS said.

“During the earthquakemy head was shaking on the pillow, I thought I was having a nightmare,” wrote a user on the Weibo platform.

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The state agency CCTV, citing the Shandong authorities, reported that there were at least “10 injuries” and 74 houses or buildings “collapsed” after the quake, which was followed by 52 aftershocks.

He shaking It was also felt in the cities of Beijing and Shanghai, some 800 kilometers from the epicenter.

The earthquakes They are common in China, but rarely occur in the east of the country, where most of the population and most of the large cities are located.

Source: Elcomercio

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