Earthquake in China kills at least 131 people

2023-12-20 1,341

Earthquake in China kills at least 131 people

A magnitude 6.2 earthquake rattles a mountainous region of northwestern China before midnight on Monday Dec. 18, 2023, authorities said Tuesday, December 20. Reducing homes to rubble, leaving residents outside in a below-freezing winter night and killing 131 people in the nation’s deadliest quake in nine years. More than 700 people were injured, damaging roads and knocking out power and communication lines in Gansu and Qinghai provinces, officials and Chinese media reports said.

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