{"id":39811,"date":"2017-08-10T05:10:28","date_gmt":"2017-08-10T05:10:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=39811"},"modified":"2017-08-10T05:10:28","modified_gmt":"2017-08-10T05:10:28","slug":"powerful-earthquake-kills-at-least-19-in-china-hundreds-injured","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/world-news\/powerful-earthquake-kills-at-least-19-in-china-hundreds-injured.html","title":{"rendered":"Powerful earthquake kills at least 19 in China, hundreds injured"},"content":{"rendered":"

Powerful earthquake kills at least 19 in China, hundreds injured<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Powerful earthquake kills at least 19 in China, hundreds injured:- At least 19 people were killed and 247 more injured late Tuesday after a powerful earthquake struck a popular tourist area in southwest China, according to state media.<\/span><\/p>\n

Of those hurt, about 40 are in a serious condition, state news agency Xinhua reported.<\/span><\/p>\n

The quake struck Jiuzhaigou County in China’s southwestern Sichuan Province late on Tuesday night.<\/span><\/p>\n

At least five of the people who died were tourists, Xinhua reported, citing the information office of the provincial government. About 2,800 people were evacuated from the severely damaged Intercontinental hotel.<\/span><\/p>\n

Rescuers are still working to clear the rubble, and there are people buried beneath the debris, state broadcaster CCTV said.<\/span><\/p>\n

There was some disagreement over the size and power of the earthquake.<\/span><\/p>\n

The US Geological Survey reported a magnitude-6.5 quake 35 kilometers (22 miles) west-southwest of Yongle, Xinhua reported it was 7.0-magnitude, citing the China Earthquake Networks Center.<\/span><\/p>\n

Residents in Chengdu, the provincial capital — 300 kilometers (186 miles) away from the epicenter — told state media they had felt the quake.<\/span><\/p>\n

The China Earthquake Administration has launched a Level I emergency response, the highest of its four levels, according to state media.<\/span><\/p>\n

Almost 400 fire trucks and more than 1,100 firefighters were dispatched to the scene, CCTV said. They are bringing with them 55 life detectors, 30 rescue dogs and 24 generators.<\/span><\/p>\n

Local authorities announced the closure of the Jiuzhaigou tourist area, which includes a national park known for its waterfalls and topographical formations, beginning Wednesday.<\/span><\/p>\n

Yu Qian, a local taxation bureau official, told Xinhua that the earthquake cut off power and disrupted phone service in her neighborhood.<\/span><\/p>\n

Photos from the scene showed what appeared to be pieces of buildings lying in the street, a stone the height of a small automobile in the street and a heavily damaged hotel entrance, its revolving doors twisted and rubble lying in front of them.<\/span><\/p>\n

The temblor wasn’t the only quake in China in the past 24 hours.<\/span><\/p>\n

On Wednesday morning, a magnitude-6.3 earthquake struck northwestern China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, close to the border to Kazakhstan, the United States Geological Survey said.<\/span><\/p>\n

The quake struck at 7:27 a.m. local time. Its epicenter was 107 kilometers (67 miles) south-southeast of Dostq, Kazakhstan, at a depth of 25.9 kilometers (16 miles), the USGS said.<\/span><\/p>\n

There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage, due to the sparsely populated nature of the area.<\/span><\/p>\n

Source:-\u00a0http:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2017\/08\/08\/asia\/china-earthquake\/index.html<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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