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Four dead as twin quakes shake Chinese city, epicentre of deadly 2013 shock
- Two quakes three minutes apart hit area in Sichuan province where 196 people lost their lives in April 2013
- Beijing orders third-highest alert level in national four-tier system as four reported dead and 14 others injured
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Four people have died after China’s southwestern Sichuan province was hit by a magnitude 6.1 earthquake and another less powerful jolt minutes later – in the same area where a huge quake nine years ago left nearly 200 people dead.
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Beijing has ordered a Level 3 emergency response, the third-highest in China’s four-tier system, state broadcaster CCTV reported.
Wednesday’s first quake occurred at 5pm at a depth of 17km (10.5 miles), its epicentre 113km from the provincial capital of Chengdu, the China Earthquake Networks Centre said. Three minutes later a second 4.5 magnitude quake was reported a few kilometres away.
Yaan, the city closest to the earthquake, reported four deaths and 14 injuries as of 7.40pm– all in Baoxing county.
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6.1-magnitude earthquake hits Lushan in China’s southwestern province of Sichuan
6.1-magnitude earthquake hits Lushan in China’s southwestern province of Sichuan
In April 2013, the neighbouring county of Lushan was hit by a magnitude 7.0 earthquake that left 196 people dead and injured nearly 11,500 others.
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