China earthquake: 6.9-magnitude earthquake strikes western Qinghai Province

A strong earthquake measuring 6.9 on the Richter scale rocked a remote county in northwest China’s Qinghai Province early Saturday morning, suspending high-speed rail services due to damage to tunnels and a number of injuries, authorities said.

While no deaths have been reported so far, several people with minor injuries in Minoyan Hui Autonomous Prefecture have been treated and discharged from hospital, according to local news reports.

The 6.9-magnitude earthquake hit the mountainous part of the province at 1.45 a.m., with its epicenter at 37.77 degrees north latitude and 101.26 degrees east longitude, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC).

The earthquake was felt at least 140 kilometers to the southeast in the provincial capital of Xining, with some people rushing out of their homes.

A video posted online by local news anchor CGTN showed tiles falling from buildings, livestock suddenly standing up and moving in their sheds, as well as lamps and other furniture swaying during the earthquake.

The province activated a level two emergency response – the second-highest level in China’s four-level earthquake emergency response system – after the earthquake in the prefecture.

The state-run Xinhua News Agency reported that train services in some parts of the Lanzhou-Xinjiang high-speed railway were suspended after the earthquake damaged several tunnels on the line.

Emergency response teams, including hundreds of firefighters from Qinghai and neighboring Gansu Province, have been sent to the epicenter and more than 2,000 rescuers from neighboring provinces are on standby.

The US Geological Survey said there was a 5.1 aftershock about 25 minutes after the quake, but added that there was little chance of casualties.

“The number of people living near areas that could have triggered landslides in this earthquake is low, but damage or deaths can still occur in areas highly prone to landslides,” she added.

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