CHENGDU air jordan 6 unc 2017 , Aug. 9 (Xinhua) -- A 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck a remote area in southwest China's Sichuan Province Tuesday night, leaving seven people dead and 88 injured, including 21 seriously, by 1:30 a.m. Wednesday.
At least five of the dead were visitors to the popular tourist destination of Jiuzhaigou in the epicenter of Zhangzha town, Jiuzhaigou County. The information office of the provincial government did not elaborate on the identities of the additional two deaths when releasing the latest death toll update.
Chinese President Xi Jinping has called for all-out efforts to rapidly organize relief work and rescue the injured people after the quake.
Premier Li Keqiang also urged local authorities to go all out in relief and monitoring work.
The earthquake jolted Jiuzhaigou County at 9:19 p.m. Tuesday (Beijing Time), and the epicenter was monitored at 33.2 degrees north latitude and 103.82 degrees east longitude. The quake struck at a depth of 20 km air jordan 6 unc , according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC).
Jiuzhaigou, or Jiuzhai Valley, is a national park known for spectacular waterfalls and karst formations. More than 34,000 people visited the tourist attraction on Tuesday.
To avoid potential further deaths and injuries, the scenic area stopped accepting tourists.@ A landslide in the tourist site left more than 100 visitors trapped, but no deaths or injuries were reported among them.
Chengdu Overseas Tourism Co. jordan 6s unc , Ltd. had 30 Japanese visitors in four tour groups in Jiuzhaigou. All of them had been reached and there were no injuries, the information office said.