7.0-magnitude earthquake hits Sichuan Province, Southwest China
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Photo taken on Aug. 8, 2017 shows a street view after earthquake near the tourist center in Jiuzhaigou County in southwest China’s Sichuan Province. A 7.0-magnitude earthquake jolted Jiuzhaigou County at 9:19 p.m. Tuesday (Beijing Time), according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC). (Xinhua)
Published August 8, 2017 at 5:27 PM Updated August 9, 2017 at 2:38 PM
A 7.0-magnitude earthquake hit Jiuzhaigou County at 9:19pm on Tuesday. Nineteen people were killed in the earthquake and 343 injured.
Jiuzhaigou is a nature reserve and national park in Sichuan Province, Southwest China. It attracts millions of tourists every year with its spectacular waterfalls and karst formations.
This area is home to many Tibetan and other ethnic minority villages, located on the edge of the Tibetan Plateau in northern Sichuan Province. Around 21,000 people are living within 20 kilometers of the epicenter.
Several aftershocks were recorded and continued to shake the affected area. Tremors were felt in the provincial capital Chengdu and Shaanxi province capital Xi’an.
The China Earthquake Administration has activated the level-I emergency response procedures. Work teams have been sent to the stricken area. The Red Cross Society of China has also launched its emergency response procedures, sending 1,000 first aid kits, 2,000 quilts and 200 tents to the area.
Video: The earthquake in Sichuan, China
Photos: 7.0-magnitude quake hits SW China’s Sichuan Province
China Sichuan Jiuzhaigou earthquake
Photo taken on Aug. 8, 2017 shows a street view after earthquake near the tourist center in Jiuzhaigou County in southwest China's Sichuan Province. A 7.0-magnitude earthquake jolted Jiuzhaigou County at 9:19 p.m. Tuesday (Beijing Time), according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC). (Xinhua)
China Sichuan Jiuzhaigou earthquake
Photo taken on Aug. 8, 2017 shows a view in a hotel after earthquake in Jiuzhaigou County of southwest China's Sichuan Province. A 7.0-magnitude earthquake jolted Jiuzhaigou County at 9:19 p.m. Tuesday (Beijing Time), according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC). (Xinhua)
China Sichuan Jiuzhaigou earthquake
Photo taken on Aug. 8, 2017 shows a street view after earthquake near the tourist center in Jiuzhaigou County of southwest China's Sichuan Province. A 7.0-magnitude earthquake jolted Jiuzhaigou County at 9:19 p.m. Tuesday (Beijing Time), according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC). (Xinhua)
China Sichuan Jiuzhaigou earthquake
Photo taken on Aug. 8, 2017 shows a damaged hotel entrance after earthquake in Jiuzhaigou County of southwest China's Sichuan Province. A 7.0-magnitude earthquake jolted Jiuzhaigou County at 9:19 p.m. Tuesday (Beijing Time), according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC). (Xinhua)
China Sichuan Jiuzhaigou earthquake
Photo taken on Aug. 8, 2017 shows a damaged car in the earthquake in Jiuzhaigou County of southwest China's Sichuan Province. A 7.0-magnitude earthquake jolted Jiuzhaigou County at 9:19 p.m. Tuesday (Beijing Time), according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC). (Xinhua)
China Sichuan Jiuzhaigou earthquake
Residents in Dingxi, Gansu province, seek shelter outdoors after a 7.0-magnitude earthquake. The earthquake's epicenter was near Jiuzhaigou in Sichuan province on Aug 8, 2017. [Photo/Xinhua]
China Sichuan Jiuzhaigou earthquake
Residents in Dingxi, Gansu province, seek shelter outdoors after a 7.0-magnitude earthquake. The earthquake's epicenter was near Jiuzhaigou in Sichuan province on Aug 8, 2017. [Photo/Xinhua]
Work teams have been sent to the stricken area. (CGTN)
Work teams have been sent to the stricken area. (CGTN)
China Earthquake
Paramilitary policemen carry boxes of supplies past a section of road blocked by a landslide after an earthquake in Jiuzhaigou county in southwestern China's Sichuan province, Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2017. Stranded tourists and residents struggled Wednesday to clear roads and cope with power cuts caused by a powerful earthquake that killed several people and injured hundreds more. (Chinatopix via AP)
China Earthquake
Rescue workers assist an injured woman onto a hospital bed in the aftermath of an earthquake in Jiuzhaigou county in southwestern China's Sichuan province Wednesday Aug. 09, 2017. A strong earthquake shook a mountainous region in southwestern China near a famous national park, killing people and knocking out power and phone networks. (Chinatopix Via AP)
China Earthquake
In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, rescuers work at a tourist site in Zhangzha in Jiuzhaigou county in southwestern China's Sichuan province, Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2017. A strong earthquake shook a mountainous region in southwestern China near a famous national park, killing people and knocking out power and phone networks. (Zheng Lei/Xinhua via AP)
China Earthquake
A paramilitary policeman carries a woman over a section of road damaged by an earthquake in Jiuzhaigou county in southwestern China's Sichuan province, Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2017. Stranded tourists and residents struggled Wednesday to clear roads and cope with power cuts caused by a powerful earthquake that killed several people and injured hundreds more. (Chinatopix via AP)
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