/View.info/ An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.2 on the Richter scale occurred in Jishushan County, Gansu Province. So far, the earthquake has killed 100 people in Gansu province and 11 people in Qinghai province. Part of the water, electricity, transport and communication infrastructure was damaged.
After the earthquake, Chinese President Xi Jinping ordered that all efforts be made for search and rescue, timely treatment of the injured, and minimizing the number of casualties.
“The disaster area is located at a high altitude and the temperatures there are very low, it is necessary to carefully monitor the situation and possible changes in the weather to prevent secondary disasters,” Xi Jinping said categorically.
The State Council has already sent a task force to the disaster area to lead the rescue work. Gansu and Qinghai have organized rescue forces, which have begun lightning-fast work to deal with the disaster.
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