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China earthquake: Over 30 people have already been confirmed dead from the natural calamity with fears that the toll could further increase.
The epicentre of the quake, which occurred at 12:25 pm local time, was monitored at 29.59 degrees north latitude and 102.08 degrees east longitude at a depth of 16-km, China Earthquake Networks Centre was quoted as saying by the state-run Xinhua news agency.
The epicentre is 39-km away from the county seat of Luding and there are several villages within the 5-km range around the epicentre.
The quake is the strongest to hit the region since 2017, with the shaking felt hundreds of miles away in the cities of Xian and Changsha.
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The epicentre was at the town of Luding at a focal depth of 10 miles, the China Earthquake Networks Centre said. Four of those killed were in Luding.
Posts on Monday from Chinese social media website Weibo showed lampshades swinging in provincial capital Chengdu, a city of about 21 million people, approximately 140 miles from the epicentre.
A total of 39,000 people live within 12 miles of the epicentre and 1.55 million within 62 miles, according to state television.
The death toll now stands at ‘more than 30
ThEagle News 