Magnitude 7.0 Earthquake Strikes Western China
Up to 100 people are feared dead after an earthquake hit western China, tour cửu trại câu giá rẻ the government has said.
A strong earthquake shook a mountainous region in western China near a famous national park on Tuesday evening.
The U.S. Geological Survey said the magnitude 6.5 quake struck a region bordered by the provinces of Sichuan and Gansu at a depth of just 9 kilometres (5.5 miles). Shallow earthquakes tend to cause more damage than deeper ones.
The China Earthquake Networks Centre measured the quake at magnitude 7.0 and said it struck at a depth of 20 kilometres (12 miles).
[ ] Sichuan Earthquake Bureau released the picture showing the damage at Jiuzhai Valley hotel
Damage outside the tourist centre and along the streets in the area, where 100 people are now feared dead
A video released by state media shows a road was covered with debris after the earthquake
The quake occurred Jiuzhai Valley (pictured), a national park known for spectacular waterfalls
The quake occurred near Jiuzhai Valley, a famous national park, in the western part of the country
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The quake occurred at about 9:20 p.m. Beijing time near Jiuzhaigou, or Jiuzhai Valley, a national park known for spectacular waterfalls and karst formations, the Chinese agency said.
Pictures and footage shared by [ ] on its social media account shows a hotel in Jiuzhaigou had been severely damaged and a road covered with debris after the earthquake.
The area is located on the edge of the Tibetan Plateau in northern Sichuan province, home to many Tibetan and other ethnic minority villages.
The epicenter struck about 39 kilometres (24 miles) from the county of Jiuzhaigou, which has a population of around 80,000, in an area that's 2,000 metres (6,562 feet) above sea level.
A car is damaged after it is hit by falling rocks in the 7.0 earthquake, where thousands may have been injured
Rescue team was dispatched immediately by the Sichuan Earthquake Bureau
A strong earthquake shook a mountainous region in Sichuan, Western China, today
The earthquake did not strike a populous area, as the heat map released by �[http://search.usa.gov/search?affiliate=usagov&query=%8BSichuan%20Earthquake �Sichuan Earthquake] Bureau shows
A damaged hotel entrance after earthquake in Jiuzhaigou County of southwest China's Sichuan Province
It was 285 kilometres (177 miles) from Chengdu, the densely populated capital of Sichuan province, according to the Chinese center.
The Chinese center also said that the earthquake was followed by a tremor measuring 3.3 in magnitude at a depth of 9 kilometres about 20 minutes later.
Situated in south-west China on the edge of Tibetan Plateau, Sichuan Province is prone to earthquakes, tour cửu trại câu từ hà nội and most of the quakes seem to take place in the Longmen Mountain fracture zone in Western part of Sichuan.
In May 2008, a Magnitude 7.9 earthquake struck Wenchuan, Sichuan, killing nearly 70,000 people.
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