Posted on 09/06/2022 8:35:19 PM PDT by nickcarraway
China has reopened roads leading to the epicentre of Monday's (Sep 5) 6.8-magnitude earthquake in the southwestern province of Sichuan and traffic has resumed, state media reported on Wednesday, while the death toll has risen to 74.
In addition, a total of 259 people were injured in the disaster and 26 remained missing as of Tuesday night, the People's Daily reported.
The strongest earthquake to hit the province since 2017 destroyed numerous buildings and caused severe damage to power and water infrastructure as well as telecommunications.
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China has a history of under reporting death toll in China, so I would expect the actual toll to be at least an order of magnitude bigger.
Taiwan offers to send emergency responders to China after devastating 6.8 magnitude earthquake
https://www.foxnews.com/world/taiwan-offers-send-emergency-responders-china-devastating-magnitude-earthquake
An earthquake in Shaanxi, China, in 1556, killed an estimated 830,000.
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