The number of victims of the earthquake in the provinces of Gansa and Qinghai in the north-west of the PRC increased to 148 people.
According to local authorities, in Gansu province there are currently 117 dead, and in the neighboring province of Qinghai – 31. In addition, more than 1000 people were injured as a result of the earthquake.
As a result of the earthquake, water supply and power supply networks, transport and communication infrastructure in nearby settlements were damaged.
A earthquake of magnitude 6.2 occurred in the County of Jishishan Gansu Province in the north-west of China on the night of Monday to Tuesday.
Seismic zone
This region, located on a wide range of faults in the continuation of the Himalayas, is one of the seismic zones in China, where powerful earthquakes often occur.
The victims of the earthquake of magnitude 6.8 in the province of Sichuan in September 2022 have become at least 93 people.
At the same time, in 2008, as a result of a destructive earthquake of magnitude 7.9, about 90 thousand people died in the same province.