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Up to 100 people are feared dead after an earthquake hit western China,  [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-du-lich-trung-khanh-cuu-trai-cau-thanh-do-ha-noi-sai-gon.html tour cửu trại câu giá rẻ] the government has said. <br>A strong earthquake shook a mountainous region in western China near a famous national park on Tuesday evening.<br>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.<br>The China Earthquake Networks Centre measured the quake at magnitude 7.0 and said it struck at a depth of 20 kilometres (12 miles). <br>[ ]                Sichuan Earthquake Bureau released the picture showing the damage at Jiuzhai Valley hotel<br>         Damage outside the tourist centre and along the streets in the area, where 100 people are now feared dead<br>         A video released by state media shows a road was covered with debris after the earthquake<br>         The quake occurred Jiuzhai Valley (pictured), a national park known for spectacular waterfalls<br>         The quake occurred near Jiuzhai Valley, a famous national park, in the western part of the country<br>   RELATED ARTICLES  [# Previous] [# 1] [# Next]     [/news/article-4771388/Man-slaps-nurse-failing-insert-IV-baby.html  Father violently slaps a nurse after 'she fails to insert an...] [/news/article-4771718/Driver-forced-PUSH-car-home-two-miles.html  Hapless driver is forced to PUSH his electric car home for...] [/news/article-4771190/China-fires-dozens-missiles-strength.html  China fires 'dozens of missiles' in show of strength during...] [/news/article-4770804/Wolf-Warriors-2-breaks-Chinese-box-office-record.html  ‘Whoever offends China will be hunted down': Blockbuster...]    <br><br><br><br>Share this article<br>Share<br>2.2k shares<br><br><br>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.<br>Pictures and footage shared by [ ] on its social media account shows a hotel in Jiuzhaigou had been severely damaged and a road [http://www.traveldescribe.com/?s=covered covered] with debris after the earthquake.<br>The area is located on the edge of the Tibetan Plateau in northern Sichuan province, home to many Tibetan and other ethnic minority villages.<br>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. <br>         A car is damaged after it is hit by falling rocks in the 7.0 earthquake, where thousands may have been injured<br>         Rescue team was dispatched immediately by the Sichuan Earthquake Bureau <br>         A strong earthquake shook a mountainous region in Sichuan, Western China, today<br>         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<br>         A damaged hotel entrance after earthquake in Jiuzhaigou County of southwest China's Sichuan Province<br>It was 285 kilometres (177 miles) from Chengdu, the densely populated capital of Sichuan province, according to the Chinese center.<br>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.  <br><br>Situated in south-west China on the edge of Tibetan Plateau, Sichuan Province is prone to earthquakes,  [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-du-lich-trung-khanh-cuu-trai-cau-thanh-do-ha-noi-sai-gon.html 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. <br>In May 2008, a Magnitude 7.9 earthquake struck Wenchuan, Sichuan, killing nearly 70,000 people.<br><br><br><br><br>data-track-module="am-external-links^external-links"><br>Read more:<br><br>[ Sina Visitor System]<br><br><br><br>DM.later('bundle', function()<br>DM.has('external-source-links',  [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-du-lich-trung-khanh-cuu-trai-cau-thanh-do-ha-noi-sai-gon.html tour du lịch cửu trại câu] 'externalLinkTracker');<br>);