China launches emergency response after quake kills at least three
China launched an emergency response on Thursday after a 6.0-magnitude earthquake jolted the southwestern province of Sichuan, killing at least three people, state media reported.
Sichuan's earthquake relief headquarters activated...
China launched an emergency response on Thursday after a 6.0-magnitude earthquake jolted the southwestern province of Sichuan, killing at least three people, state media reported.
Sichuan's earthquake relief headquarters activated a level-II response, the Xinhua news agency reported, the second-highest in China's four-tier emergency response system.
Luzhou City launched a level-I emergency response.
The China Earthquake Networks Centre said the epicentre of the earthquake was 29.2 degrees north latitude and 105.34 degrees east longitude. It struck at a depth of 10km at 4.33am (2033 GMT).
As well as at least three people killed, tens of people suffered light injuries, media reported.
- Reuters
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