China earthquake death toll rises to 74

Wednesday, September 07, 2022 - 2 min read

This photo taken on September 6, 2022 shows rescuers walking past uprooted trees from a landslide as they head to an earthquake-affected area following a 6.6-magnitude earthquake that struck September 5, in Shimian county, Ya'an city, in China's southwestern Sichuan province. PHOTO/ AFP

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The magnitude 6.6 quake hit about 43 kilometres (26 miles) southeast of the city of Kangding in Sichuan province at a depth of 10 kilometres on Monday, according to the US Geological Survey.

More than 21,000 people have been evacuated from areas prone to landslides or building collapse, state broadcaster CCTV said.
Rescuers are still scouring remote villages in the country's mountainous southwest in a race to find survivors of the earthquake, with dozens of people believed stranded or missing.
"My head was stuck between the two columns, and my legs were sandwiched between the tables," one woman who was trapped for nearly five hours under a collapsed hotel in the town of Moxi, one of the worst-affected areas, told state-run Red Star News.
"I could only lie in one position, resigned to my fate. I don't know who saved me," she added, saying she had worried for her children and whether their school building had collapsed.
"I could only think about whether the children were crying for their mother."