China: Death Toll Mounts To 131 As Midnight Earthquake Jolts Northwestern Region; Deadliest Quake In 9 Years outlookindia.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from outlookindia.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
A devastating earthquake, measuring 6.2 in magnitude, rocked northwestern China shortly before midnight on Monday. The seismic event, impacting Gansu and Qinghai provinces, stands as the most lethal earthquake in China in the past nine years, claiming the lives of at least 131 individuals and injuring over 700.
Video captured as an earthquake hit China's mountainous northwest, killing at least 126 people, shows residents running for their lives as homes crumbled in the dead of winter.
BEIJING (AP) A strong overnight earthquake rattled a mountainous region of northwestern China, authorities said Tuesday, destroying homes, leaving residents out in a below-freezing<a class="excerpt-read-more" href="https://wsvn.com/news/us-world/an-earthquake-in-northwestern-china-kills-at-least-126-people-in-nations-deadliest-quake-in-9-years/">Read More</a>