1st LD-Writethru-China Focus: Quake-hit areas in China resume school
Xinhua
25 May 2021, 02:49 GMT+10
XINING, May 24 (Xinhua) Elementary and high schools resumed classes on Monday after a 7.4 magnitude earthquake hit northwest China s Qinghai Province early Saturday. The earthquake, which jolted Maduo County of the Golog Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture at 2:04 a.m. Saturday, has left 18 injured and disrupted the lives of over 32,000 residents from 26 townships in Golog and the Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, authorities said Monday. Among the injured, 17 had been treated and discharged from hospital by 8 a.m. Monday, said Li Jun, an official with the provincial department of emergency management, at a press conference.
164 students affected by earthquake resume classes at temporary shelters in Qinghai Xinhua | Updated: 2021-05-23 20:54 Share CLOSE Students study at a temporary shelter in Maduo county of Golog Tibetan autonomous prefecture, Northwest China s Qinghai province, May 23, 2021. A 7.4-magnitude earthquake hit Maduo county of Golog at 2:04 am Saturday Beijing Time, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center. A total of 164 students from a boarding school who were affected by the earthquake have resumed classes at temporary shelters. [Photo/Xinhua]
XINING A team dispatched by China s Ministry of Emergency Management (MEM) arrived in the earthquake-hit Qinghai province in Northwest China to guide local rescue work.
2021-05-23 13:05:13 GMT2021-05-23 21:05:13(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
XINING, May 23 (Xinhua) A team dispatched by China s Ministry of Emergency Management (MEM) arrived in the earthquake-hit Qinghai Province in northwest China to guide local rescue work.
At 2:04 a.m. on Saturday, a 7.4-magnitude earthquake jolted Maduo County of the Golog Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in the province.
By 10 p.m. on Saturday, no casualties had been reported in the prefecture, said the MEM team, citing data from the local government.
The earthquake caused 18 injuries in the prefecture. A total of 24,725 people were affected by the disaster, and 8,157 houses collapsed or were damaged, the data shows.