This aerial photo shows a temporary relocation site in Dahe Village of Bonan-Dongxiang-Salar Autonomous County of Jishishan, Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Gansu Province, Dec. 19, 2023. (Xinhua/Fan Peishen)
JISHISHAN, Gansu Province, Dec. 20 (Xinhua) -- The number of injured people from the 6.2-magnitude earthquake in northwest China's Gansu Province has risen to 782 in Gansu, with the death toll standing at 113 as of 9 a.m. on Wednesday, according to a press conference on Wednesday morning.
The earthquake has taken the lives of 18 people in Qinghai Province, local authorities said on Wednesday morning.
As of 5:30 a.m., there have been 198 reported injuries in Qinghai due to the disaster, with 16 others still missing.
According to the China Earthquake Networks Center, the quake jolted at 11:59 p.m. Monday and has a focal depth of 10 km. The epicenter Liugou Township is about 8 km from the county seat of the Bonan-Dongxiang-Salar Autonomous County of Jishishan in Gansu Province.
Rescuers transfer an injured person at Dahe Village of the Bonan-Dongxiang-Salar Autonomous County of Jishishan in Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Gansu Province, Dec. 19, 2023. (Xinhua/Ma Xiping)
Wu Xiuying (L) receives physical therapy at a resettlement site in a local primary school in Zhongchuan Township of Minhe County in northwest China's Qinghai Province, Dec. 19, 2023. (Xinhua/Zhang Hongxiang)
Rescuers erect a tent at Dahe Village of the Bonan-Dongxiang-Salar Autonomous County of Jishishan in Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Gansu Province, Dec. 19, 2023. (Xinhua/Ma Xiping)
A medical worker transfers an injured person in Liuji Town of Bonan-Dongxiang-Salar Autonomous County of Jishishan in Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Gansu Province, Dec. 19, 2023. (Photo by Shi Youdong/Xinhua)
This photo taken on Dec. 19, 2023 shows a Wing Loong-2H large unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) taking off at an airport in southwest China's Zigong City to support emergency rescue work after a 6.2-magnitude earthquake that jolted northwest China's Gansu Province. (Aviation Industry Corporation of China/Handout via Xinhua)
Soldiers conduct rescue work at Chenjia Primary School in Dahejia Township of Bonan-Dongxiang-Salar Autonomous County of Jishishan, Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Gansu Province, Dec. 19, 2023. (Photo by Feng Yanrong/Xinhua)
Rescuers are in operation in Dahejia Township of the Bonan-Dongxiang-Salar Autonomous County of Jishishan in Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Gansu Province, Dec. 19, 2023. (Xinhua/Zhang Ling)
Staff members of a noodle restaurant distribute complimentary beef noodles at a temporary relocation site in Dahe Village of the Bonan-Dongxiang-Salar Autonomous County of Jishishan in Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Gansu Province, Dec. 19, 2023. (Xinhua/Ma Xiping)
A child is pictured after receiving complimentary beef noodles at a temporary relocation site in Dahe Village of the Bonan-Dongxiang-Salar Autonomous County of Jishishan in Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Gansu Province, Dec. 19, 2023. (Xinhua/Fang Xin)■
