{"id":122584,"date":"2023-12-19T00:19:06","date_gmt":"2023-12-19T00:19:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cottontailsonline.com\/?p=122584"},"modified":"2023-12-19T00:19:06","modified_gmt":"2023-12-19T00:19:06","slug":"china-earthquake-at-least-95-killed-and-200-injured-after-horror-quake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cottontailsonline.com\/world-news\/china-earthquake-at-least-95-killed-and-200-injured-after-horror-quake\/","title":{"rendered":"China earthquake: At least 95 killed and 200 injured after horror quake"},"content":{"rendered":"

At least 95 people have been killed in a magnitude 6.2 earthquake in northwestern China, according to the nation’s state media.<\/p>\n

The official Xinhua News Agency said 86 people died in the province of Gansu while another nine were killed in neighboring Qinghai. It occurred just before midnight on Monday.<\/p>\n

More than 200 people were injured, including 96 in Gansu and 124 in Qinghai. The quake struck in Gansu\u2019s Jishishan county – roughly five kilometres (three miles) from the border with Qinghai.<\/p>\n

The US Geological Survey put the quake\u2019s magnitude at 5.9.<\/p>\n