China quake: Deadly tremor rocks Sichuan city in lockdown

[Eugene]

Source: BBC

China quake: Deadly tremor rocks Sichuan city in lockdown

5 September 2022

At least 21 people have been killed after a 6.6 magnitude earthquake hit southwestern China, state media said.

The quake struck at 13:00 local time (05:00 GMT) in Sichuan province at a depth of 10km (6 miles).

The impact severed telecommunications lines and triggered mountain landslides that caused "serious damage", local media reports say.

Some 21 million people in Sichuan's capital Chengdu were earlier ordered to stay home because of Covid rules.

The epicentre of the quake was at Luding, a town in a remote mountain region located about 226km southwest of Chengdu, according to the China Earthquake Networks Centre.

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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-62764223

[Lovie777]

1. Damn . ..

21 million in COVID lock down and now tremors, but alas China will still do military exercises with their counter communist bed fellows.

[HUAJIAO]

2. Been to Chengdu several times and loved it. Cuisine is beyond belief !!!!