DISASTERS
Erdbeben erschüttert nördliches China
December 19, 2023 -
Retter stellen sich tapfer den unter-Minus Temperaturen um nach Überlebenden zu suchen. Das Erdbeben hatte die Stärke 6.2, das Epizentrum liegt in den Provinzen Ganus und Qinghai. Bisher wurden mindestens 125 Tote gefunden.
The 6.2 magnitude quake hit mountainous Gansu province around midnight on Dec 18 (16:00GMT), also shaking neighbouring Qinghai.
Fatalities may rise with over 700 reported injured in icy conditions.
Earthquakes are common in western provinces such as Gansu, lying on the eastern boundary of the tectonically active Qinghai-Tibetan plateau.
China’s deadliest quake in recent decades was in 2008 when a magnitude-8.0 temblor struck Sichuan, killing nearly 70,000 people.