Earthquake in China leaves at least 148 dead and thousands injured

The death toll from Monday’s earthquake in Chinathe deadliest in almost ten years, rose this Friday to 148, according to state media, as authorities continue to try to relocate thousands of victims.

The earthquake, about 1,300 km southwest of Beijingleft at least 117 dead in the province of Gansuand another 31 in the neighboring province of Qinghaiaccording to Chinese state news agency Xinhua.

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The previous toll was 135 deaths.

In these two provinces, and in the middle of a freezing cold, more than 139,000 people They had to be relocated to emergency sheltersaccording to the public channel CCTV.

The channel reported that rescue teams from Gansu “They are now focusing all of their work on relocating displaced people and caring for the injured.”

CCTV highlighted that rescuers They continued this Friday looking for victims under the rubble in the province of Qinghai.

Nearly a thousand people were injured during the 5.9 magnitude tremor, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS). Since then, dozens of aftershocks have occurred.

Telluric tremor is the deadliest in China since 2014, when another earthquake caused more than 600 dead in the province of Yunnanin the southwest of the country.

Source: Elcomercio

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