Huge Earthquake Hits China, 120 Buildings Destroyed
- VIVA.co.id/Arianti Widya
Uchturpan county is recording temperatures well below freezing, with lows down to negative 18 degrees C (just below zero Fahrenheit) forecast by the China Meteorological Administration this week.
In Yunnan province in China's southwest, rescue workers were still searching for victims in 18 homes buried by a landslide Monday in the village of Liangshui.
State media reported the bodies of 20 of the 47 victims had been recovered, while 24 others remained missing. Three who survived were pulled from their homes that were covered in rocks and mud in freezing cold and falling snow.
Chandeliers swung, buildings were evacuated and a media office building near the epicenter shook for a full minute, the official Xinhua News Agency reported.
A video posted by a Chinese internet user on Weibo showed residents standing outside on the streets bundled in winter jackets, and a photo posted by CCTV showed a cracked wall with chunks fallen off.
Tremors were felt across the Xinjiang region and in the neighboring countries Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan. In the Kazakh capital of Almaty, people left their homes, the Russian news agency Tass reported.
In both Xinjiang and Kazakhstan, classes were suspended to allow children to recover from the shock.
As information, earthquakes are common in western China, including in Gansu, Qinghai, Sichuan and Yunnan provinces, as well as the Xinjiang region and Tibet.
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