The reason earthquakes in China cause large casualties 0
(Dan Tri) – A 6.2 magnitude earthquake earlier this week in northwest China killed 131 people and injured nearly 1,000.
Rescuers search for victims in a collapsed building in Gansu due to an earthquake (Photo: AFP).
131 people died, nearly 1,000 people were injured
China Central Television (CCTV) reported that as of this morning, December 20, the number of deaths in the earthquake in Gansu province on the night of December 18 was 113 people in this province and 18 people in Qing province.
In addition, the earthquake also caused more than 155,000 houses to be damaged or collapsed.
Thousands of firefighters and rescue workers were dispatched to the affected area.
About 2,500 tents, 20,000 coats and 5,000 folding beds were sent to Gansu province.
At around 11:59 p.m. local time on December 18, a 6.2 magnitude earthquake occurred in Gansu province, northwest China.
Dozens of aftershocks appeared afterward.
This is the deadliest earthquake in China since 2014, when more than 600 people died in an earthquake in the southwestern province of Yunnan.
This place is located in an area where seismic activity often occurs.
131 people died, nearly 1,000 people were injured due to earthquake in China (Global News).
Factors that cause earthquakes to cause great casualties
Houses are in ruins after the earthquake in Gansu (Photo: AFP).
China Daily quoted experts’ comments as pointing out a number of factors that caused the Gansu earthquake to cause large casualties.
First, earthquakes occur at night when many people are sleeping, making detection and evacuation difficult.
Third, the area where the earthquake occurred is a densely populated place.
`The population in areas near the epicenter is quite dense,` he said.
The seismic intensity of the earthquake near the epicenter is currently estimated to be level 8, with level 12 being the strongest.
According to Chen, while buildings in some metropolises such as Beijing are designed and built to withstand high-intensity earthquakes, many homes in the affected areas of Gansu and Qinghai are not.
`The epicenter of the earthquake was shallow. This was also the factor that caused widespread damage,` he added.
In an interview with China News Service, Gao Mengtan, an expert at the Institute of Geophysics of the China Earthquake Administration, said that the December 18 earthquake in Gansu, although not of great intensity, had
The earthquake’s epicenter was in Gansu province (Map: Inews).
