A moderate, shallow earthquake in northwest China has claimed the lives of at least eight people and injured dozens more after almost 200 homes in the area reportedly collapsed.
新疆ウイグル自治区カシュガル地域で地震があり、新華社が取材した病院では少なくとも4人が死亡。
中国地震台网正式测定，11日5时58分新疆喀什地区塔什库尔干塔吉克自治县发生5.5级地震。据塔县医院报告，已有4人遇难。 pic.twitter.com/IXMdrlGasL
— 林哲平 Teppei Hayashi (@hwhayashite) May 11, 2017
At least 8 people were killed and over 20 injured after a 5.4-magnitude earthquake struck Taxkorgan County in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region at 5:58am Thursday, the region’s earthquake administration said.
The quake, in a remote mountainous area that borders Tajikistan, Afghanistan and Pakistan, struck at a depth of 10 kilometers, the US Geological Survey said.
The shallow quake, known to cause greater shaking at the surface inflicted a lot of damage.
More than 180 houses collapsed and 789 people were affected, the Xinjiang Uyghur seismological center announced.
Rescue workers are continuing to search through the rubble after the country’s Earthquake Administration activated the Level 3 emergency response. A special earthquake emergency response team has been dispatched to Xinjiang to assist the local government in their search and rescue operations.
新疆5.5级地震 至少5死多人被埋
中国新疆喀什地區塔什庫爾干縣今天凌晨5时58分发生里氏5.5级地震，30分钟内再发生2次余震，震源深度长达8公里，造成上百栋房屋倒塌，多人被活埋，目前已知至少5人罹难，20多人受伤。
（照片来源：新疆地震局） pic.twitter.com/jaiJJ2hAX9
— 8TV Mandarin News (@8tvmandarinnews) 11 мая 2017 г.
