Two dead as 5.2-magnitude earthquake hits southwest China
Officials said search and rescue continued after the quake collapsed about a dozen buildings and left one person missing.
- A shallow 5.2-magnitude earthquake struck the Liunan District of Liuzhou in China's southwestern Guangxi region early Monday morning.
- The seismic event resulted in at least two confirmed fatalities, left one individual missing, and caused the collapse of thirteen buildings in the affected area.
- Emergency response teams successfully pulled a 91-year-old man alive from the debris while executing search operations alongside hundreds of fire and rescue personnel.
- More than 7,000 residents were forced to evacuate the city as railway officials issued warnings regarding transport disruptions to inspect local rail infrastructure.
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A 5.2-magnitude earthquake struck southern China overnight, killing at least two people. Rescuers pulled a 91-year-old man alive from the rubble and said he was in stable condition, doctors said.
2 dead after M5.2 quake hits south China's Guangxi
A magnitude-5.2 earthquake struck Liuzhou in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region early on Monday, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center.Local authorities said 13 houses had collapsed as of 4 a.m., with two people confirmed dead
At least two people have died and another has disappeared after an earthquake recorded in the early morning hours of this Monday in the city of Liuzhou, in southern China, with a magnitude of 5.2 degrees on the Richter scale. This has been confirmed by the China Seismological Network Center, according to information collected by the Xinhua news agency, which indicates that the earthquake has been recorded at a depth of eight kilometers. In order…
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