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The death toll of the quake that struck Gansu and Qinghai provinces has risen to 149, with nearly 1,000 injured.
After the earthquake, more than 3,000 rescuers of various types have arrived at the quake-hit areas.
A Y-20 strategic transport plane of the People's Liberation Army has transported 14 tons of rescue supplies, vehicles and rescuers to the earthquake-hit area.
The Ministry of Emergency Management and the Ministry of Finance have allocated 200 million yuan ($28 million) to support quake relief efforts in the two provinces.
As of 3 pm on Tuesday, the rescue work for the earthquake in Gansu province has begun to reach its end. The work focus will shift to the treatment of the wounded and the resettlement of the affected people to ensure the safety of people's lives and property, according to a news conference held on Wednesday.
The 6.2-magnitude earthquake that jolted Jishishan county at 11:59 pm Monday has resulted in 113 deaths in Gansu and 782 injuries as of 9 am on Wednesday.
The bonfire set ablaze at a temporary settlement in Jishishan county has provided much-needed warmth and hope for villagers dislocated by the earthquake that jolted a mountainous region in Northwest China's Gansu province near midnight of Monday.
"I was about to tuck in when a sudden tremor struck and our house collapsed within 10 seconds," said Ma Nuer, a villager in Kexinmin, near the epicenter of the quake. "My husband and I scrambled to jump out of the window to escape, so did our two sons."
Local education authorities are urged to actively respond to the recent freezing weather and the magnitude 6.2 earthquake in Jishishan county, Linxia, Gansu province as an effort to ensure the organization of the postgraduate studies entrance exam in China this weekend.
Education departments and examination institutions in affected regions should keep close contact with meteorological and seismological counterparts to enhance extreme weather forecasting and earthquake warnings, the Ministry of Education said on Wednesday.
As of Wednesday morning, nearly 130,000 relief items, including tents, stoves, coats, quilts and folding beds, had been sent to the earthquake zone in Gansu province, aimed to ensure the basic necessities for the victims of a magnitude-6.2-earthquake that occurred late on Monday.
The quake mainly hit Jishishan county, Linxia Hui autonomous prefecture in Gansu.
Doctors at the People's Hospital of Linxia are racing against time to save lives after a deadly earthquake hit Jishishan county in Northwest China's Gansu province around midnight on Monday.
Yang Huyong, deputy director of the intensive care medicine department at the hospital, said during an interview on Tuesday afternoon that they were treating over 100 patients transferred from stricken communities, aged from 2 to 79.
Nine surgeries have been performed so far and there are more than 30 cases classified as severe or critical, Yang said, adding that common injuries included cranial trauma and fractures.
In response to a 6.2 magnitude earthquake that struck Jishishan county in Gansu province, the Ministry of Natural Resources has organized a team of experts from the China Geological Survey to rush to the affected area.
As of 7 pm on Tuesday, the CGS has dispatched four working groups comprised of 33 people. Equipped with unmanned aerial vehicles, 3D laser scanners and other specialized equipment, these teams have been deployed to the disaster areas in Gansu and Qinghai provinces. The initial group of six experts has already arrived at the epicenter region of Jishishan.
XINING -- The 6.2-magnitude earthquake that jolted Northwest China at midnight Monday has killed 18 people in Qinghai province, local authorities said on Wednesday morning.
As of 5:30 am, the disaster has injured 198 people in Qinghai, with 16 others still missing.
President calls for all-out response efforts in instruction shortly after disaster hits provinces
China's emergency response system swung into action on Tuesday to send rescue workers and provide aid in the wake of the magnitude 6.2 earthquake that struck northwestern China late Monday, killing at least 100 people and injuring more than 700.
A magnitude 6.2 earthquake that hit Gansu and Qinghai provinces on Monday night resulted in a large number of casualties because the areas near the epicenter are densely populated and the seismic intensity of the quake was high, experts said.
The earthquake occurred shortly before midnight, with its epicenter in Gansu's Jishishan county, causing maximum damage there and in the city of Haidong in neighboring Qinghai. As of press time, 113 people had died in Gansu, and Qinghai reported 13 deaths.
Efforts: Six medical teams at hospital treating injured
A bowl of piping hot beef noodles and a cup of drinking water at a relief camp on Tuesday offered Ma Mengke the warmth and comfort he desperately needed after a magnitude 6.2 earthquake jolted him and his family members out of sleep around midnight on Monday in Northwest China's Gansu province, and left them without a home overnight.
Various disaster relief efforts have been made to aid the Jishishan county in Linxia Hui autonomous prefecture, Northwest China's Gansu province jolted by a 6.2-magnitude earthquake late Monday evening, causing death, destruction and panic.
More than 3,000 rescuers of various types have arrived at the quake-hit areas after a devastating earthquake hit Gansu and Qinghai provinces late on Monday, according to the Ministry of Emergency Management.
It said 2,042 of the rescuers are from the National Comprehensive Fire and Rescue Team, who brought with them 381 vehicles and 37 rescue dogs. In total, they have saved 74 people trapped from the quake and evacuated almost 4,300 residents.
Rescue teams rush to save people trapped in extremely cold weather by a magnitude-6.2 earthquake that jolted Jishishan county in Northwest China's Gansu province late Monday evening.
Pakistani Prime Minister Anwaar ul Haq Kakar has extended a message of sympathy to the Chinese people over the 6.2-magnitude earthquake that has caused over 100 deaths in Gansu and Qinghai provinces at midnight Monday.
Kakar wrote in the social media platform X on Tuesday that he is "deeply saddened to learn about the loss of precious lives due to the earthquake in Gansu province in China."
"Our sympathies are with our Chinese brothers and sisters in this hour of grief," he added.
After the deadly earthquake jolted Gansu province in northwestern China, many enterprises have taken prompt actions to shoulder their corporate social responsibilities, donating funds and urgently needed goods to support the rescue and relief work in the affected regions.
After a magnitude of 6.2, the earthquake has caused 105 deaths in Gansu province and 13 deaths in Qinghai province as of Tuesday noon, according to China Central Television.
Beijing-based tech company ByteDance donated 20 million yuan ($2.8 million), and through the One Foundation, shipped the first batch of 1,000 quilts to the quake-hit areas.
LANZHOU -- In the grip of a cold wave, with temperatures plummeting below minus 10 degrees Celsius, the plateau county of Jishishan in Northwest China's Gansu province was jolted from its slumber midnight Monday by a 6.2-magnitude earthquake, causing death, destruction and panic.
Xinhua reporters arrived at the severely-affected Chenjia village in Dahejia township at around 3 am Tuesday, finding it plunged into darkness as a blackout gripped the area, and electricity cables dangled on the ground. Several houses crumbled, leaving streets strewn with shards of glass, bricks and rocks.
All-China Federation of Trade Unions has allocated 18 million yuan ($2.5 million) for rescue work to Northwest China's Gansu province and its neighboring Qinghai province on Tuesday after Gansu was hit by a 6.2-magnitude earthquake at midnight Monday.
The federation said that the funds will be used to support provincial-level trade union federations in Gansu and Qinghai to let them express consolation and assistance to injured people and those killed in the earthquake and also to help the workers serving in rescue teams.
A Y-20 strategic transport plane of the People's Liberation Army has transported 14 tons of rescue supplies, vehicles and rescuers to the earthquake-hit area after a 6.2-magnitude earthquake occurred in Northwest China's Gansu province.
The plane took off from a military airport in Southwest China Tuesday morning and loaded the materials and personnel from an airport amid the mission and landed at the Zhongchuan Airport in Lanzhou city, Gansu province at 11:00 am.
Rescue teams are rushing to save people trapped in extremely cold weather by a magnitude-6.2 earthquake that jolted Jishishan county in Northwest China's Gansu province late Monday evening.
"Based on past rescue, the biggest difficulty of this operation is the local low temperature," Wang Duo, a team leader from the Gansu Houtian Disaster Rescue Center, was quoted as saying by China News Weekly.
The first group of rescuers arrived at the scene by 9 am Tuesday, with the second group close behind.
The National Development and Reform Commission has launched the emergency response mechanism and taken timely measures to ensure stable supply of energy, electricity and essential materials in response to a 6.2-magnitude earthquake that occurred in Northwest China's Gansu province.
The commission provided immediate guidance to power grid companies, urging them to expedite the repair of damaged power facilities. The commission also organized emergency power supply to address the critical electricity demands of the affected population.
The ministries of emergency management and finance have allocated 200 million yuan ($28 million) to Gansu and Qinghai to help disaster relief operations in jolt-stricken areas in the two provinces, according to a media release from the Ministry of Emergency Management.
The release said 150 million yuan will be provided to Gansu and the other 50 million yuan to Qinghai.
The Red Cross Society of China launched the second-highest emergency response of its four-tier system, allocating urgently needed relief goods and dispatching emergency working groups to quake-hit areas in Northwest China's Gansu province.
The RCSC also activated the emergency rescue and cooperation mechanism in the northwest region, dispatching rescue teams to the front line, including search and rescue, medical, and relief teams.
BEIJING -- China's top economic planner said Tuesday that it has activated an emergency response to ensure the supply of energy, electricity and daily necessities after a 6.2-magnitude earthquake jolted Gansu province.
The commission is actively guiding power grid enterprises to repair damaged power facilities, organize emergency power supply, and make all-out efforts to safeguard people's livelihood and ensure key electricity demand, Li Chao, spokesperson with the National Development and Reform Commission, told a press conference.
BEIJING -- The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) and the People's Armed Police Force (PAPF) have deployed multiple rescue forces to quake-hit areas in response to a 6.2-magnitude earthquake that jolted Northwest China's Gansu province late Monday.
According to the PLA Western Theater Command, at 4: 00 am on Tuesday, around 300 troops from the command arrived in the hard-hit Jishishan county, Gansu. They were tasked with missions that involved searching for victims, rescue operations, and roadway clearing.
Comprehensive analysis showed that there is a possibility of strong aftershocks with a magnitude of 5.0 in the near future in the epicenter area of the 6.2-magnitude earthquake in Jishishan county in Gansu province, according to a news conference on Tuesday morning.
According to the China Earthquake Networks Center, the quake jolted at 11:59 pm on Monday and had a focal depth of 10 km. The epicenter Liugou township is about 8 km from the county seat of Jishishan in Linxia Hui autonomous prefecture, Gansu.
The analysis was based on the characteristics of the seismic zone, historical seismic activity and the type of earthquake sequence in the region, a local official said at the conference.
The National Health Commission, China's top health authority, said on Tuesday morning that it has dispatched its officials in charge of health emergency work and medical experts to Jishishan county in Northwest China's Gansu province after a 6.2-magnitude earthquake affected the area on Monday evening.
The death toll of the disaster has risen to 105 in Gansu province and 11 in the neighboring Qinghai province, Xinhua News Agency reported on Tuesday morning.
Three cities and prefectures in Qinghai province were affected by the 6.2-magnitude earthquake in neighboring Gansu province, with the closest village to the epicenter only 12 kilometers away, local authorities said.
The earthquake was strongly felt in six districts or counties in Haidong city of Qinghai. The provincial capital Xining city and Gonghe county of Hainan prefecture also reported feeling the earthquake, according to Wang Haigong, deputy director of Qinghai Earthquake Agency, at a news conference on 3:50 am on Tuesday.
Gansu province's earthquake relief headquarters has started its Level II earthquake emergency response after a 6.2-magnitude earthquake jolted Jishishan county in the province late on Monday evening, according to a news conference on the quake held on Tuesday.
Before the conference started, the officials and reporters that participated in the conference observed a moment of silence to mourn the people who lost their lives during the quake.
JISHISHAN -- The 6.2-magnitude earthquake that jolted an ethnic county in Northwest China's Gansu province at midnight Monday has killed 105 people in the province, according to a local press conference held on Tuesday morning.
According to the China Earthquake Networks Center, the quake jolted at 11:59 pm Monday and has a focal depth of 10 km. The epicenter Liugou township is about 8 km from the county seat of Jishishan Bao'an, Dongxiang, Salar autonomous county in Linxia Hui autonomous prefecture, Gansu.
About 70 percent of the families who had power failures after being hit by a 6.2-magnitude earthquake in Jishishan county in Gansu province on Monday at midnight have regained electricity supply as of 6:20 am on Tuesday, according to State Grid Gansu Electric Power Co.
The company said that, after the earthquake, two 35-kilovolt lines, 13 10-kilovolt lines and two 35-kilovolt substations experienced faults, affecting 34,070 households. As of Tuesday morning, power had been restored to 24,469 households.
Eleven people have died and 140 are injured in Haidong city of Qinghai province as of 6 am on Tuesday, after a 6.2-magnitude earthquake hit Jishishan in neighboring Gansu province on Monday midnight, China Central Television reported.
Some houses have collapsed in Minhe, Xunhua, Hualong, and other counties and districts. Local power lines and communication networks are being repaired. Personnel rescue and disaster assessment work are ongoing, it reported.
BEIJING - President Xi Jinping has urged all-out search and rescue efforts and proper arrangements for affected people to ensure the safety of people's lives and property after a 6.2-magnitude earthquake jolted Jishishan county in Northwest China's Gansu province at midnight Monday.
So far, the earthquake has caused 100 deaths in Gansu province and 11 deaths in Qinghai province, and damaged some infrastructure such as water, electricity, transportation and communications.
Latest: The 6.2-magnitude earthquake with a depth of 10 kilometers occurring in Jishishan county in Gansu province has caused 100 deaths in Gansu and 11 deaths in Qinghai as of Tuesday morning.
Additionally, some basic infrastructure such as water, electricity, transportation and communication have been damaged, according to Xinhua news agency.
BEIJING -- China's national commission for disaster prevention, reduction and relief and Ministry of Emergency Management have activated a level-IV disaster relief emergency response after a 6.2-magnitude earthquake jolted Jishishan county in northwest China's Gansu Province at midnight Monday.
A work team has been dispatched to the affected areas to assess the impact of the disaster and provide guidance for local relief operations.
In collaboration with the National Food and Strategic Reserves Administration, the two departments have allocated disaster relief supplies to the province. The supplies include cotton tents, overcoats, quilts and foldable beds.
LANZHOU -- Eight people have been confirmed dead after a 6.2-magnitude earthquake jolted Jishishan county in northwest China's Gansu province late Monday evening, according to local authorities.
The rescue work is underway.
LANZHOU -- Some houses have collapsed after a 6.2-magnitude earthquake jolted Jishishan county in Northwest China's Gansu province late Monday evening, but casualties are still being investigated, according to the provincial emergency management department.
Heads of the provincial Party committee and government are rushing to the quake-hit area.
LANZHOU -- Local emergency management and fire departments launched an emergency response early Tuesday after a 6.2-magnitude earthquake jolted Jishishan county in Northwest China's Gansu province.
The county is located at the junction of Gansu and Qinghai provinces, approximately 200 km from the provincial capital of Lanzhou. Many areas in Gansu and Qinghai experienced strong tremors.
In Jishishan and Yongjing counties, many people were seen on the street after the earthquake.
BEIJING -- A 6.2-magnitude earthquake jolted Jishishan county of Linxia Hui autonomous prefecture in Northwest China's Gansu province, at 11:59 pm Monday (Beijing Time), according to China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC).
The epicenter, with a depth of 10 km, was monitored at 35.7 degrees north latitude and 102.79 degrees east longitude, the CENC said.
