gansu earthquake 2023

Earthquake rescue operation in Gansu ‘basically over’, focus now on treating and housing survivors: provincial authorities

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Earlier, rescuers from the fire brigade, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) and civilian rescue teams were gathering for operations amid the low temperatures brought on by a cold snap. The lowest temperature in Jishishan county, where the quake struck, was around minus 14 degrees Celsius on Tuesday night. A report by Shanghai-based media outlet The … Read more

Over 100 dead and hundreds hurt after 6.2-magnitude earthquake strikes Gansu in northwestern China

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The quake’s epicentre is in Jishishan county, an autonomous ethnic minority county with a population of nearly 240,000. The quake caused houses to collapse in the area and damaged utility infrastructure. The Ministry of Transport, which monitors the operation of roads, said on Tuesday morning that a bridge across the Yellow River had cracked because … Read more