The tremors of the earthquake were felt on Thursday in Xinjiang region of China. Eight people were killed in taxcorganisation while more than 20 people were injured. More than 1500 houses are also damaged and about 12 thousand people are affected. According to the news agency Xinhua, the magnitude of the earthquake has measured 5.5 on the Richter scale. 1000 soldiers gathered in the rescue …
According to local time, earthquake shocks were felt at 5 in the morning and at 58 minutes.
– China Earthquake Administration said that the center of the earthquake was in depth of 8 km from the ground in south-east of Pamir. According to Shinjiang’s Earthquake Science Bureau, about 82 Aftershocks were felt by 10 o’clock in the morning.
– Cracks have been found in the houses of Kunjun village and about 180 houses have fallen. Most of these houses were made of wood and clay, which led to less damage. The police team, including 1000 army personnel, has joined the rescue operation.
Highway closed,
– Texcourt County has been evacuated near the center of the earthquake. From here, 9,200 people have been shifted to safer places.
– Karakoram Highway has also been closed here. This connects Highway Silk Road from Kashgar City to Pakistan’s capital Islamabad.
– In 2008, China faced the largest earthquake. Whose intensity was described as 7.9 and killed 90 thousand people. Earlier, in the year 2003, 6.8 magnitude earthquake killed 268 people.
