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China: Death toll due to earthquake in Sichuan touches 65
Sichuan Earthquake
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China: Death toll due to earthquake in Sichuan touches 65

| @indiablooms | 06 Sep 2022, 04:24 pm

Sinchun: The death toll due to the 6.8 magnitude earthquake which rocked China's  Sichuan Province on Monday has touched 65, media reports said on Tuesday.

Thirty-seven people were killed in Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, and the other 28 died in Shimian County of Ya'an City, reports Xinhua news agency.

As of 7 a.m. Tuesday, 12 people were missing and 170 were found injured in Ganzi, including 56 seriously injured. A total of 78 people were injured in Shimian County as of 5:50 a.m. Tuesday, the Chinese news agency reported.

As per the China Earthquake Networks Center, the quake was reported around 12:52 p.m. Monday.

Sichuan has activated the highest level of emergency response for the earthquake.

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