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1,165 aftershocks shake southwest China
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April 21, 2013, Sunday
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A total of 1,165 aftershocks have been monitored in the strong quake-hit Lushan County as of 8am Beijing Time today, authorities said.
Three of the aftershocks were measured within a range of 5.0 to 5.9 magnitude, according to the China Earthquake Administration (CEA).
The CEA will keep updating the aftershocks record.
A 7-magnitude earthquake hit Lushan county, Ya'an city of southwest China's Sichuan Province, at 8:02am yesterday Beijing Time. The quake has left 164 people dead and 6,700 injured as of 9:08am today.
A national earthquake emergency rescue team has arrived this morning at Lushan for disaster relief, the CEA said.
The team is made up of 200 rescue staff including 21 seismologists and 39 medical staff, according to the CEA. They have brought to the quake area more than 30 tons of supplies.
Meanwhile, more than 800 police and rescue staff have entered the badly-hit Baoxing County, where communication and transportation were seriously affected.
Lushan is about 200 kilometers from the epicenter of the massive Wenchuan earthquake 5 years ago that left 87,000 dead or missing.
Three of the aftershocks were measured within a range of 5.0 to 5.9 magnitude, according to the China Earthquake Administration (CEA).
The CEA will keep updating the aftershocks record.
A 7-magnitude earthquake hit Lushan county, Ya'an city of southwest China's Sichuan Province, at 8:02am yesterday Beijing Time. The quake has left 164 people dead and 6,700 injured as of 9:08am today.
A national earthquake emergency rescue team has arrived this morning at Lushan for disaster relief, the CEA said.
The team is made up of 200 rescue staff including 21 seismologists and 39 medical staff, according to the CEA. They have brought to the quake area more than 30 tons of supplies.
Meanwhile, more than 800 police and rescue staff have entered the badly-hit Baoxing County, where communication and transportation were seriously affected.
Lushan is about 200 kilometers from the epicenter of the massive Wenchuan earthquake 5 years ago that left 87,000 dead or missing.
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