Thousands of families affected by triple quakes
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Three earthquakes measuring 5.0-magnitude or greater jolted the city of Songyuan in northeast China’s Jilin Province over the past two days, causing direct economic losses of 2 billion yuan (US$328 million).
However, no casualties have been reported so far after a 5.8-magnitude quake hit at 6:04am yesterday, followed by a 5.0-magnitude quake at 6:32am.
The earthquakes followed a 5.3-magnitude quake at 4:18pm on Friday.
The three quakes were reported in the Qian Gorlos Mongol Autonomous County and its border with Qian’an County.
A total of 260,000 families in 125 villages in the two counties were affected, and 45,000 people have been relocated.
The quakes caused the collapse of 310 apartment units and seriously damaged 16,000 houses, the provincial civil affairs department said.
All were shallow quakes, at a depth of 8 or 9 kilometers, and usually more destructive than deep quakes of the same magnitude, seismologists said.
In Chaganhua Town in Qian Gorlos, cracks were seen on many houses and bricks from other buildings littered the streets.
“I was sitting on the bed, and suddenly the house wobbled as if it had started to walk,” said Li Yun, a 60-year-old villager in Chaganhua.
Many were worried about the possibility of future quakes, as the latest came after the two that shook the area on October 31, leaving 12 people injured.
Dense fog shrouded the city yesterday, with temperatures dropping to 10 degrees below zero, hampering relief efforts.
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