An earthquake of magnitude 6.1 on the open Richter scale shook southwestern China on Wednesday. and has caused at least four deaths and 14 injuries, according to preliminary reports, while search and rescue efforts continue.
The telluric movement occurred at 5:00 pm local time at a depth of 17 kilometers in Lushan county belonging to the city of Ya’an, located in Sichuan province (southwest).
Images shared on social networks portray the anguish of citizens to evacuate to safe areas. For example, a group of students from a school in Luhan had to interrupt their academic activities to leave the campus in the midst of the strong earthquake recorded by the security camera.
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The Chinese government has activated Level III emergency response for earthquake, and sent a team to Lushan County, southwest China’s Sichuan Province on Wednesday after a M6.1 quake hit the county.
So far, 15 people and three vehicles have arrived at the epicenter. pic.twitter.com/7A4bBB3Ev9
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In other photos and videos you can see cars under rubble and in total lossas the earthquake generated several landslides that obstructed important road corridors.
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Alert in record time
Chinese disaster prevention authorities warned millions of people in the above and surrounding counties about the earthquake. The alert was issued just four seconds after the movement started, according to the ‘China Media Group’ agency. Therefore, people managed to evacuate immediately.
Some 300 people were housed in the Baoxing County Stadium, which has been set up as a temporary shelter while damage to housing structures and other construction is assessed.
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Shelters have also been organized in Baoshan and Lushan counties, with priority for housing the elderly, children, women and students.according to the quoted news agency.
More than 4,500 emergency rescue, police, firefighters and medical personnel have been dispatched to the affected areas to search for the injured, repair damaged infrastructure and relocate affected residents.
The dead and injured counted lived in Baoxing county, according to the official ‘Xinhua’ news agency.
To attend to the emergency, the government allocated 50 million yuan (about 30 billion Colombian pesos).
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It must be remembered that the southwestern regions of China are earthquake-prone areas, and thousands of people have died there in tremors that have occurred in recent decades.
In 2013, Lushan County suffered a magnitude 7 earthquake that caused 193 deaths and 12,200 injuries.
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