People rushed into the streets and cracks were left in some buildings by the quakes, pictures posted on the social media accounts of state media showed. Rescuers pulled some people out of rubble alive near the epicenter, in a largely rural area, state television added. A quake of magnitude 5.9 was followed by a smaller one of 5.2 magnitude, both at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) and centered near Changning county, the United States Geological Survey said. There were several aftershocks, the China Earthquake Administration said, while the U.S. quake agency recorded one of magnitude 5.2 on Tuesday. In May 2008, Sichuan suffered a huge earthquake that killed almost 70,000 people.

Source: bd News24 June 18, 2019 00:11 UTC