According to Reuters, over 250 people were injured and 26 remained missing as local authorities try to clear debris through remote villages to reach the epicenter of the earthquake.
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The earthquake, Al Jazeera explains, triggered landslides and shook buildings as far as the provincial capital of Chengdu, 124 miles (200 kilometers) from the epicenter.
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CNN reports that China’s State Council has activated a Level 3 emergency in the area and dispatched rescue workers to the epicenter of the earthquake, where over a million residents are estimated to have felt the tremor.
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The region is well known for its seismic activity. In 2008, China’s deadliest earthquake took place in Sichuan. Nearly 90,000 people died or went missing.
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Al Jazeera also points out that this natural disaster occurs while Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan, has confined millions of residents due to China’s Zero Covid Policy.
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Not everything has been bad, though. The Taiwanese government, whose tensions with Beijing are well known, expressed its condolences to China and offered to send a rescue team.
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