Three people died, 23 injured as a result of earthquake in Sichuan
Almaty. August 6. Kazakhstan Today - Three people died and 23 have been injured as a result of the earthquake in Sichuan, an event on Tuesday, the agency reports referring to RIA Novosti.
According to RIA, there is a probability that the number of victims will increase, as five injured people are in grave condition.
As a result of the most powerful for the last 30 years earthquake occurred in Sichuan, on May 12, 70 thousand people died.
As it was informed earlier, the Chinese province Sichuan struck an earthquake on August 5.
According to US Geological Survey (USGS), 6-point magnitude earthquake occurred on the border of the Chinese Provinces Sichuan and Gansu, in 50 kilometers of the north-western of the city of Guanyuan in the Province Sichuan.
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