Earthquake in China
Highlights
- Death toll in China earthquake rises to 74
- 26 people still missing
- Despite feeling the tremors of the earthquake, no freedom to come out of the houses
Earthquake in China: The death toll in this week’s devastating earthquake in western China has risen to 74, with 26 people still missing. The government gave this information on Wednesday. Lockdown is in force in the area due to Corona virus infection and people are not allowed to come out of their homes despite feeling the tremors of the earthquake, which has caused a lot of anger among them. A 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck Luding County in China’s southwestern Sichuan province on Monday, damaging houses in the Ganje Tibetan Autonomous Region and shaking buildings in the province’s capital, Chengdu.
People are not allowed to leave their homes
There more than two crore people are living in strict lockdown. After the earthquake, the police and health workers did not allow troubled and panicked people to leave their homes, due to which people’s anger about the country’s Kovid policy has increased.
Earthquake caused great devastation
The earthquake that hit Sichuan, China on Monday caused massive destruction. The tremors of the earthquake were so strong that everything was ruined in seconds. Many buildings here turned into rubble. The epicenter of the earthquake was Luding County. The magnitude of the earthquake was measured at 6.8 on the Richter scale. Rocks also broke at places and fell on the roads, while people were buried under the rubble of buildings in residential areas.
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