Quake In China apos;s Sichuan Kills 19 Including Tourists Injures 247
Video footage has caught the moment a stage show depicting a deadly earthquake is struck by a real jolt.
The stage show about the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake was being held in Jiuzhaigou, [/news/china/index.html China]'s Sichuan province when the quake struck yesterday.
Members of the audience at the time thought that the shakes were special effects.
[ ] The audience appear to be unaware of the fact that the earthquake is happening
As soon as the actor says 'watch out', the stage can be seen shaking and tour cửu trại câu từ hà nội moving and those on the stage can be seen fleeing for their lives.
The audience however appear to be calmer, thinking that it is all part of the experience.
Two strong earthquakes have rattled China in the past 24 hours leaving at least 19 dead and 247 injured.
The death toll is from the 7.0 magnitude earthquake that hit a remote, mountainous part of southwest China's Sichuan province.
New pictures show people queuing up to donate blood.
Queuing to donate: Citizens donate blood after Jiuzhaigou 7.0-magnitude earthquake
19 people have died and 247 have been injured in the quake which stuck
A rescuer is seen in the debris of a building devastated in the 6.6 magnitude earthquake
Residents stay outside at the Yangguang Meiju residential area in quake-hit Jinghe County
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A few hours later a 6.6 magnitude earthquake rocked northwest China's Xinjiang province however no casualties were reported.
The Xinjiang earthquake hit on Wednesday morning just hours after the quake in Sichuan.
No casualties have been reported but [ ] shows the sheer damage and destruction in the area.
A shop is in chaos after an earthquake hit Jinghe County, northwest China
Residents stay outside at the Jinfu community in quake-hit Jinghe County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region
Chinese rescuers evacuate local residents from the quake-hit area after the earthquake
Rescuers check a house damaged in earthquake in Jinghe County
The U.S Geological Survey put the magnitude of the quake at 6.3.
Residents several hundred kilometres away in Urumqi felt the strong tremors which lasted around 20 seconds.
Xinjiang is China's most remote region but an important source of oil, natural gas and coal.
Workers in Sichuan rescue tourists, who were injured in the 7.0-magnitude earthquake
Chinese paramilitary police take care of a survivor after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck a remote, mountainous part Sichuan in China's southwest on Tuesday night
The quake hit a sparsely populated area 200 km (120 miles) northwest of the city of Guangyuan late on Tuesday at a depth of 10 km (6 miles)
In southwest China's Sichuan province, the recovery operation is underway after the area was hit by a 7.0 magnitude earthquake.
It was close to the Jiuzhaigou nature reserve, a popular tourist destination.
According to China News Service, six of those killed in the quake are tourists.
While state media claimed that 31,500 tourists had been evacuated from the quake zone.
A crack, caused by an earthquake, is seen on a road in Jiuzhaigou on Wednesday following the damaging natural disaster
A bus is destroyed by falling stones on the S301 highway in quake-hit Jiuzhaigou County
Chinese paramilitary police search for survivors after the earthquake. China says 19 people, including six tourists, were killed and 247 were injured
A woman was being treated at Jiuzhaigou County Hospital on Wednesday. She was among the 175 injured by the earthquake
The Sichuan earthquake administration, which also measured the quake at a magnitude of 7.0, said the epicentre of the tremor was in Ngawa prefecture, which is largely populated by ethnic Tibetans, many of whom are nomadic herders.
The area was rattled by a number of aftershocks on Wednesday.
Pictures on state-run social media sites showed some damage in Jiuzhaigou, with tiles having fallen from buildings and people gathering outdoors.
Chinese rescuers carry a survivor, who was injured in the 7.0-magnitude earthquake
At least 19 people were killed and 247 others were injured after a magnitude-7.0 earthquake
Over 770 aftershocks were detected in the area as rescue and relief work is still underway
State television said electricity had now largely been restored to the affected areas and the military was also sending rescuers to help with relief efforts. Jiuzhaigou airport was operating as normal after the runway was checked for damage.
The Sichuan government said on one of its official social media sites that more than 38,000 tourists were currently visiting Jiuzhaigou.
Police help an injured man at Jiuzhaigou County Hospital on Wednesday
Police rush to get an earthquake survivor help after the 7.0 magnitude quake hit on Tuesday
A tour cửu trại câu bus damaged during an earthquake is seen in Jiuzhaigou. The earthquake struck close to the Jiuzhaigou nature reserve - a tourist destination
Shaking was felt in the provincial capital, Chengdu, and as far away as Xi'an, home of the famous terracotta warrior figures, according to users of Chinese social media.
Situated in south-west China on the edge of Tibetan Plateau, Sichuan Province is prone to earthquakes, tour cửu trại câu 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.
A car is damaged after it is hit by falling rocks in the 7.0 earthquake, where thousands may have been injured
The quake occurred near Jiuzhai Valley, a famous national park, in the western part of the country
Sichuan Earthquake Bureau released the picture showing the damage at Jiuzhai Valley hotel
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