Earthquake in China kills 7 people
Pastor Dale Morgan
Earthquake in China kills 7 people*
The Associated Press
Monday, January 18, 2010; 12:06 AM
BEIJING -- Landslides triggered by a small earthquake in southern China
killed at least seven people and left one person missing over the
weekend, local earthquake officials said Monday.
The 3.4-magnitude earthquake struck Sunday afternoon. It was centered in
Guizhou province, 100 kilometers (60 miles) southwest of the capital
Guiyang, according to a report from the Guizhou Earthquake Bureau.
The earthquake triggered two landslides in separate locations, burying
and killing at least seven people instantly with large boulders that
tumbled down the mountain, said Tian Xiang, a bureau spokesman.
One person remains missing and nine others are in a local hospital, two
with serious injures, Tian said.
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Dozens of police officers were sent to the disaster zone, according to
the report. Guizhou, like other provinces in southern China, is a
quake-prone region and borders Sichuan province, where a magnitude-7.9
quake in May 2008 left almost 90,000 people dead or missing.
The earthquake was not registered on the US Geological Survey Web site
as of Monday morning.