Published: 10:29, December 19, 2023 | Updated: 18:34, December 19, 2023
Rescue underway after midnight earthquake
By Xinhua

A person injured in an earthquake arrives at a hospital in Minhe Hui and Tu autonomous county of Haidong city, northwest China's Qinghai province, Dec 19, 2023. (PHOTO / XINHUA)

JISHISHAN, Gansu Province/XINING - A 6.2-magnitude earthquake that jolted an ethnic county in northwest China's Gansu province midnight Monday has killed 113 people in Gansu and neighboring Qinghai province.

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So far, the provincial fire and rescue department has sent 580 rescuers aided with 88 fire engines, 12 search and rescue dogs, more than 10,000 sets of equipment to the disaster area.

Houses damaged by an earthquake are seen at Chenjia village in Jishishan Bao'an, Dongxiang, Sala autonomous county in Linxia Hui autonomous prefecture, Gansu province, China, Dec 19, 2023. (PHOTO / XINHUA)

Workers repair power supply facilities outside a hospital in Jishishan Bao'an, Dongxiang, Sala autonomous county of Linxia Hui autonomous prefecture, northwest China's Gansu province, Dec 19, 2023. (PHOTO / XINHUA)

Houses damaged by an earthquake are seen at Chenjia village in Jishishan Bao'an, Dongxiang, Sala autonomous county in Linxia Hui autonomous prefecture, Gansu province, China, Dec 19, 2023. (PHOTO / XINHUA)

A police officer guides a rescue vehicle at Chenjia village in Jishishan Bao'an, Dongxiang, Sala autonomous county of Linxia Hui autonomous prefecture, northwest China's Gansu province, Dec 19, 2023. (PHOTO / XINHUA)

Houses damaged by an earthquake are seen at Chenjia village in Jishishan Bao'an, Dongxiang, Sala autonomous county in Linxia Hui autonomous prefecture, Gansu province, China, Dec 19, 2023. (PHOTO / XINHUA)

Houses damaged by an earthquake are seen at Chenjia village in Jishishan Bao'an, Dongxiang, Sala autonomous county in Linxia Hui autonomous prefecture, Gansu province, China, Dec 19, 2023. (PHOTO / XINHUA)

Rescue workers work at an earthquake-stricken area in Jishishan county of Linxia Hui autonomous prefecture in Gansu province, China, Dec 19, 2023. (PHOTO / XINHUA)

Rescue workers carry an injured person into a hospital on Dec 19, 2023, in Jishishan county of Linxia Hui autonomous prefecture in China's Gansu province, after a 6.2-magnitude earthquake jolted the province. (PHOTO / XINHUA)

A person injured in an earthquake receives treatment at a hospital in Minhe Hui and Tu autonomous county of Haidong city, northwest China's Qinghai province, Dec 19, 2023. (PHOTO / XINHUA)