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| China's Gansu province hit by powerful earthquake | China's Gansu province hit by powerful earthquake |
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| A powerful earthquake has hit China's north-west Gansu province, killing at least 20 people and seriously injuring at least 81 more, officials say. | |
| The earthquake near Dingxi city had a magnitude of 5.98 and was shallow, with a depth of just 9.8 km (6 miles), according to the US Geological Survey. | |
| Dingxi local authorities say several houses have collapsed in the quake. | Dingxi local authorities say several houses have collapsed in the quake. |
| In 2008, an earthquake in Sichuan province left up to 90,000 people dead and millions homeless. | In 2008, an earthquake in Sichuan province left up to 90,000 people dead and millions homeless. |
| At least 20 were killed by the quake, the Earthquake Administration of Gansu Province said, citing figures from the local government. | |
| In Gansu's Zhangxian county, at least 5,600 houses were seriously damaged and 380 collapsed, while some areas suffered from power cuts or mobile communications being disrupted, the earthquake administration added. | |
| Officials from the civil affairs, transportation and earthquake departments are visiting local towns to assess the damage, a statement on the Dingxi party website said. | Officials from the civil affairs, transportation and earthquake departments are visiting local towns to assess the damage, a statement on the Dingxi party website said. |
| Crews of fire fighters and rescue dogs have already arrived at the scene, the BBC's Celia Hatton in Beijing reports. | Crews of fire fighters and rescue dogs have already arrived at the scene, the BBC's Celia Hatton in Beijing reports. |
| The closer to the surface an earthquake strikes, the more damage it can cause, our correspondent adds. | The closer to the surface an earthquake strikes, the more damage it can cause, our correspondent adds. |
| "You could see the chandeliers wobble and the windows vibrating and making noise, but there aren't any cracks in the walls," AFP quoted a clerk at Wuyang Hotel, about 40 km (25 miles) from the epicentre, as saying. | "You could see the chandeliers wobble and the windows vibrating and making noise, but there aren't any cracks in the walls," AFP quoted a clerk at Wuyang Hotel, about 40 km (25 miles) from the epicentre, as saying. |
| "Shop assistants all poured out onto the streets when the shaking began," the clerk said. | "Shop assistants all poured out onto the streets when the shaking began," the clerk said. |