BEIJING, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) — Some 300 rescuers were touring the area where a magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck in southwest China’s Sichuan Province on Thursday afternoon, while some 1,500 rescuers are ready to be dispatched, reported the Ministry of Emergency Management.
Until 10:00 a.m., no victims or collapse of buildings had been reported, according to the portfolio.
The earthquake was recorded at 03:49 a.m., had as its epicenter the Luding district, jurisdiction of the Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, and its origin was located at a depth of 11 kilometers, according to the China Seismological Network Center.
Seismologists believe the tremor was an aftershock of a 6.8-magnitude quake that struck Luding last September, killing more than 90 people.
