Aerial photo taken on Sept. 5, 2022 shows a temporary shelter in Moxi Town of Luding County, southwest China's Sichuan Province. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)
CHENGDU, Sept. 6 (Xinhua) -- Forty-six people have been killed in a 6.8-magnitude earthquake that jolted Luding County in southwest China's Sichuan Province on Monday, local authorities said at a press briefing.
As of 8:30 p.m. Monday, 16 people were missing and over 50 injured, said Wang Feng, deputy director of the Sichuan provincial emergency management department.
Sichuan has activated the highest level of emergency response for the earthquake.
As of 6 p.m. Monday, the province had deployed over 6,500 rescuers, four helicopters and two unmanned aerial vehicles to the frontline.
The Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Emergency Management earmarked 50 million yuan (about 7.25 million U.S. dollars) to support rescue and relief work. The provincial government also allocated 50 million yuan to Ganzi.
Relief supplies, including some 3,000 tents and 10,000 folding beds, were allocated to Luding County, where the epicenter was located.
Photo taken on Sept. 5, 2022 shows a temporary shelter in Moxi Town of Luding County, southwest China's Sichuan Province. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)
Staff members install the lights at a temporary shelter in Moxi Town of Luding County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Sept. 5, 2022. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)
Quake-affected residents rest in a tent at a temporary shelter in Moxi Town of Luding County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Sept. 5, 2022. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)
Medical workers transfer the wounded at a temporary shelter in Moxi Town of Luding County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Sept. 5, 2022. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)
People pass relief supplies at a temporary shelter in Moxi Town of Luding County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Sept. 5, 2022. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)
Two girls are seen in a tent at a temporary shelter in Moxi Town of Luding County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Sept. 5, 2022. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)
Quake-affected residents rest in a tent at a temporary shelter in Moxi Town of Luding County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Sept. 5, 2022. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)
Rescuers transfer a survivor in Moxi Town of Luding County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Sept. 5, 2022. (Photo by Cheng Xueli/Xinhua)
Rescuers transfer survivors in Moxi Town of Luding County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Sept. 5, 2022. (Photo by Cheng Xueli/Xinhua)
Rescuers transfer survivors in Moxi Town of Luding County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Sept. 5, 2022. (Photo by Cheng Xueli/Xinhua)
Rescuers transfer survivors in Moxi Town of Luding County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Sept. 5, 2022. (Photo by Hong Fule/Xinhua)
A rescue vehicle is seen on a road as rescue teams head to Luding County in southwest China's Sichuan Province, Sept. 5, 2022. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)■
