China’s Gansu province struck by two powerful earthquakes- at least 89 reported dead July 22, 2013 – CHINA – Two powerful earthquakes have struck China’s north-west Gansu province, killing at least 89 people and leaving more than 400 others injured. The first earthquake near Dingxi city had a magnitude of 5.9 and was shallow, with a depth of just 9.8 km (6 miles), the US Geological Survey said. Just over an hour later, a magnitude 5.6 quake hit the same area, it added. In 2008, an earthquake in Sichuan province left up to 90,000 people dead and millions homeless. A factory worker in Minxian county told AFP that he felt “violent shaking” and “ran to the yard of the [factory] plant immediately. Our factory is only one floor. When I came to the yard, I saw an 18-storey building, the tallest in our county, shaking ferociously, especially the 18th floor,” he said. The area has been hit by 371 aftershocks, according to the Earthquake Administration of Gansu province. Tremors were felt in the provincial capital, Lanzhou, and as far away as Xian, 400km (250 miles) to the east. . theextinctionprotocol.wordpress/2013/07/22/chinas-gansu-province-struck-by-two-powerful-earthquakes-at-least-75-reported-dead/
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