Two earthquakes hit China
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Rescuers carry an injured woman
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Rescuers walk past a collapsed area
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Rescuers search a hotel
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Paramilitary police carry a survivor
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A crack is seen on a road
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A wrecked tour bus is seen
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Paramilitary police carry relief supplies
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A woman receives medical assistance
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The quake-hit area is seen
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A car is damaged
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Rescuers transfer a survivor
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A tour bus is damaged
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A woman is evacuated
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Paramilitary police rest
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A break in the wall is seen
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Tourists sleep on a street
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A drone is used to access damage
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A house is damaged
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Paramilitary police attend a survivor
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Paramilitary police search for survivors
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Paramilitary police carry a survivor
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Villagers are stranded
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Chinese paramilitary police carry a survivor
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A child looks at a survivor
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A injured man receives treatment
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Map showing earthquake locations
A 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck a remote, mountainous part of China’s southwestern province of Sichuan, killing 19 people, including eight tourists, and injuring 247, the provincial government and official media said on Wednesday.
The quake hit a sparsely populated area 200 km (120 miles) northwest of the city of Guangyuan late on Tuesday at a depth of 10 km (6 miles), the U.S. Geological Survey said. It was also close to the Jiuzhaigou nature reserve, a tourist destination.
Sichuan is frequently struck by tremors. A huge quake there in May 2008 killed almost 70,000 people.
A separate quake of magnitude 6.6 hit a remote part of China’s far northwestern region of Xinjiang, more than 2,000 km (1,240 miles) away, on Wednesday, the Chinese earthquake administration said. The People’s Daily said 32 people had been injured in the mostly rural area.
The Sichuan government said rescuers were gradually evacuating tourists and residents who had been cut off by landslides. (Reuters)
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