Roads and homes near the epicenter were damaged by landslides and communications were cut in at least one area, state television reported.
At least 21 people were killed in the 6.8-magnitude (Reuters, 6.6 AFP) earthquake that struck China’s Sichuan province today, the region’s strongest since 2017. , as it shook the provincial capital Chengdu and more distant provinces.
Roads and homes near the epicenter were damaged by landslides and communications were cut in at least one area, state television reported.
No damage has been reported to dams and hydroelectric plants within 50 kilometers of the epicenter, although damage to the provincial power grid has affected power to about 40,000 consumers.
The epicenter of the tremor was in the city of Luding, according to the China Seismological Center, in the mountainous region about 226 km southwest of Chengdu, a city of about 21 million people.
Earthquakes are common in the southwestern Chinese province of Sichuan, especially in the mountainous region to the west.
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