Quake hits hundreds of homes
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Over 4,000 people have been affected in Shiqu County in southwest China鈥檚 Sichuan Province after a 5.6-magnitude earthquake hit the area on Wednesday, local authorities said yesterday.
The earthquake damaged more than 790 local households in 84 villages.
The economic losses are estimated at 79.83 million yuan (US$11.28 million), local publicity department said.
No casualties have been reported so far.
The earthquake hit Shiqu County in the Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Garze at 8:23pm Wednesday.
The local government said the epicenter, 559 kilometers from Chengdu, the provincial capital, is sparsely populated and has an average elevation of 4,661 meters in the surrounding areas.
As of 8am yesterday, the local government has set up 30 emergency tents and evacuated 1,447 people in the epicenter.
Other rescue supplies, including 76 tents, 105 quilts, and 1,000 cotton clothes, have also been sent due to the low temperature in the area.
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