BEIJING – At least 116 people were killed when an earthquake collapsed buildings in northwest China, state media reported on Tuesday, as rescue workers raced to start digging through rubble in freezing conditions.
At least 105 were killed and almost 400 injured in Gansu province, local officials said, after the strong, shallow tremor struck around midnight.
According to state broadcaster CCTV, 11 others were killed and 100 injured in the city of Haidong in the neighbouring province of Qinghai.
Chinese President Xi Jinping has urged all-out search and rescue efforts and proper arrangements for affected people to ensure the safety of people’s lives and property after a 6.2-magnitude earthquake jolted Jishishan County in northwest China’s Gansu Province at midnight Monday.
