At least 8 killed, 20 injured after quake damages 180+ houses in China’s Xinjiang (PHOTOS)
A moderate, shallow earthquake in northwest China has claimed the lives of at least eight people and injured dozens more after almost 200 homes in the area reportedly collapsed.
新疆ウイグル自治区カシュガル地域で地震があり、新華社が取材した病院では少なくとも4人が死亡。
— 林哲平 Teppei Hayashi (@hwhayashite) May 11, 2017
中国地震台网正式测定,11日5时58分新疆喀什地区塔什库尔干塔吉克自治县发生5.5级地震。据塔县医院报告,已有4人遇难。 pic.twitter.com/IXMdrlGasL
At least 8 people were killed and over 20 injured after a 5.4-magnitude earthquake struck Taxkorgan County in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region at 5:58am Thursday, the region's earthquake administration said.
At least 4 ppl dead after M5.5 quake hits Taxkorgan in northwest China's Xinjiang Thur morning: local hospital pic.twitter.com/WYS1BJrp89
— People's Daily,China (@PDChina) 11 мая 2017 г.
The quake, in a remote mountainous area that borders Tajikistan, Afghanistan and Pakistan, struck at a depth of 10 kilometers, the US Geological Survey said.
The shallow quake, known to cause greater shaking at the surface inflicted a lot of damage.
More than 180 houses collapsed and 789 people were affected, the Xinjiang Uyghur seismological center announced.
UPDATE: 8 people killed, 11 others injured after 5.5-magnitude earthquake jolted west of China's Xinjiang Thursday https://t.co/nRQqKMLPltpic.twitter.com/AWmvWchHlQ
— China Xinhua News (@XHNews) 11 мая 2017 г.
Rescue workers are continuing to search through the rubble after the country’s Earthquake Administration activated the Level 3 emergency response. A special earthquake emergency response team has been dispatched to Xinjiang to assist the local government in their search and rescue operations.
8 dead, 11 injured in #Xinjiang's 5.5-magnitude #earthquake. https://t.co/6JX1efsJ2Apic.twitter.com/foRZBIuIcg
— CCTV+ (@CCTV_Plus) 11 мая 2017 г.
新疆5.5级地震 至少5死多人被埋
— 8TV Mandarin News (@8tvmandarinnews) 11 мая 2017 г.
中国新疆喀什地區塔什庫爾干縣今天凌晨5时58分发生里氏5.5级地震,30分钟内再发生2次余震,震源深度长达8公里,造成上百栋房屋倒塌,多人被活埋,目前已知至少5人罹难,20多人受伤。
(照片来源:新疆地震局) pic.twitter.com/jaiJJ2hAX9