| April 24, 2013 |
China earthquake: Sichuan province 2013
A powerful
earthquake hit the Sichuan province of China near Ya'an city over the
weekend reportedly killing some 200 people. Thousands of rescue workers
have been deployed to help feed, treat, and house the displaced
residents and help clear roads blocked by landslides in the remote area.
The quake comes just short of five years after a massive quake in the
same region killed some 70,000 people. -- Lloyd Young ( 46 photos total)
A
woman whose relatives were killed in Saturday's earthquake cries while
sitting on a pile of rubble in Lingguan township in Baoxing county of
southwest China's Sichuan province on April 22. The earthquake in
Sichuan province killed some 200 people, injured more than 11,000 and
left nearly two dozen missing, mostly in the rural communities around
Ya'an city, along the same fault line where a devastating quake to the
north killed more than 70,000 people in Sichuan and neighboring areas
five years ago in one of China's worst natural disasters. (Associated
Press)
People
running during aftershocks to avoid falling rocks on their way to the
city of Ya'an, southwest China's Sichuan province, on April 21. Clogged
roads, debris and landslides impeded rescuers as they battled to find
survivors of a powerful earthquake in mountainous southwest China that
has left some 200 dead. (AFP/Getty Images) #
A
Chinese man carries his injured son in a makeshift hospital in Taiping
town of Lushan County, Sichuan Province, China, on April 23. The death
toll rose to at least 188 by April 22, with 25 people missing and 11,950
injured, the Ministry of Civil Affairs said. The ministry said 1.72
million people were affected by the quake, while an initial estimate by
the International Red Cross on Saturday put the number needing emergency
shelter, water and food at 120,000. The China Earthquake Administration
(CEA) recorded a magnitude 7.0 earthquake, while the US Geological
Survey said it had measured 6.9. (How Hwee Young/European Pressphoto
Agency) #
A
man recovers his wedding photo from the wreckage of his house after
Saturday's earthquake in Longmen township of Lushan county, Sichuan
province, on April 21. Rescuers struggled to reach a remote, rural
corner of southwestern China on Sunday as the toll of the dead and
missing from the country's worst earthquake in three years climbed to
208 with almost 1,000 serious injuries. (Rooney Chen/Reuters) #
A
child gets treatment in a military field hospital in the county seat of
Lushan in Sichuan province, China, on April 22. The efforts under way
in the mountainous province after a quake Saturday that killed some 200
people showed that the government has continued to hone its disaster
reaction long considered a crucial leadership test in China since a much
more devastating earthquake in 2008, also in Sichuan, and another one
in 2010 in the western region of Yushu. (Ng Han Guan/Associated Press) #
Residents
walking home on the road full of fallen rocks in the disaster-hit area
in Ya'an, southwest China's Sichuan province on April 21. Clogged roads,
debris and landslides impeded rescuers as they battled to find
survivors of a powerful earthquake in mountainous southwest China.
(AFP/Getty Images) #
Yang
Huan cries while waiting for workers to clear a landslide, in which she
believes her husband is buried, after Saturday's earthquake, near
Lingguan town of Baoxing county, Sichuan province, on April 22. Rescuers
struggled to reach a remote, rural corner of southwestern China on
Sunday as the toll of the dead and missing climbed. (Aly Song/Reuters) #
Policemen
having a meeting under the light of an electric light at a temporary
settlement in Lingguan Middle School in Baoxing county of Yaan,
southwest China's Sichuan province. Clogged roads, debris and landslides
impeded rescuers on April 22 as they battled to find survivors of a
powerful earthquake in mountainous southwest China. (AFP/Getty Images) #
A
girl holding a candle in her hands while people gather to pray for
disaster-hit Yaan in Daqing, northeast China's Heilongjiang province on
April 21. Clogged roads, debris and landslides impeded rescuers on April
22 as they battled to find survivors of a powerful earthquake in
mountainous southwest China. (AFP/Getty Images) #
Children
play near tents set up in the aftermath of an earthquake that struck
the county seat of Lushan in southwestern China's Sichuan province, on
April 22. After dynamiting through landslide-blocked roads, Chinese
relief crew hurried food, water and other supplies into the rural hills
of Sichuan province Monday, two days after the earthquake. (Ng Han
Guan/Associated Press) #
People
gather to charge their phones and electric bikes at a temporary power
supply station in Longmen township in Ya'an, southwest China's Sichuan
province, on April 21. Thousands of rescue workers combed through
flattened villages in southwest China on April 21 in a race to find
survivors from a powerful quake. (AFP/Getty Images) #
Local
residents having a family gathering meal outside their damaged home
after the earthquake in Yaan, southwest China's Sichuan province on
April 22. Tens of thousands of homeless survivors of China's devastating
quake are living in makeshift tents or on the streets, facing shortages
of food and supplies as well as an uncertain future. (AFP/Getty Images)
#
Residents
in Lingguan township of Baoxing county gather on the street with
banners saying "I am cold and hungry" to appeal for support and
attention about the relief supply shortage after the earthquake in Yaan,
southwest China's Sichuan province, on April 23. Landslides caused by
aftershocks has been isolating Baoxing county, making it hard for relief
supply to reach the seriously damaged Lingguan Township.Tens of
thousands of homeless survivors of China's devastating quake are living
in makeshift tents or on the streets, facing shortages of food and
supplies as well as an uncertain future. (AFP/Getty Images) #
A
rescue worker sterilizes a damaged house after Saturday's earthquake
hit Lushan county, Ya'an, Sichuan province, on April 22. Hundreds of
survivors of an earthquake that killed nearly 200 people in southwest
China pushed into traffic on a main road on Monday, waving protest
signs, demanding help and shouting at police. (Darley Shen/Reuters) #
Rescuers
working to clear up the blocked road to Baoxing county, in the city of
Yaan, southwest China's Sichuan province, on April 22. Clogged roads,
debris and landslides impeded rescuers on April 22 as they battled to
find survivors of a powerful earthquake in mountainous southwest China.
(AFP/Getty Images) #
A
Chinese national flag is placed on ruins of damaged houses in Longmen
township, one of the seriously-damaged towns in disaster-hit Yaan,
southwest China's Sichuan province, on April 23. Clogged roads, debris
and landslides impeded rescuers on April 22 as they battled to find
survivors of a powerful earthquake in mountainous southwest China.
(AFP/Getty Images) #
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