(Xinhua 2008-05-25 16:41:34)Two persons died and more than 480 were injured, 41 seriously, when a strong aftershock measuring 6.4 on the Richter scale jolted Qingchuan County in southwest China's Sichuan Province on Sunday afternoon.
The strongest aftershock since the 8.0-magnitude Wenchuan County quake on May 12 also destroyed or severely damaged about 270,000 houses, and like the original quake, was felt across China.
In Qingchuan County, the epicenter of the aftershock, 359 people had been injured as of 7 p.m. Sunday while nine villages and towns lost telephone services, according to the disaster relief headquarters in the county.
Longnan City in northwest China's Gansu Province reported one death and 109 injuries with 15 in serious condition. The victim was killed by the rolling stones from a mountain.
The other death was reported in Guangyuan City, Sichuan province.
About 71,300 houses collapsed and more than 200,000 others were in danger of collapse after the aftershock in Guangyuan, said Wang Fei, an official with the disaster relief office in the city. He said details about the victims were not immediately available.
Wang said a mud-rock flow triggered by the aftershock had disrupted traffic from Qingchuan County to Guangyuan City, but no serious landslides were immediately reported.
In Ningqiang County in northwest China's Shaanxi Province, at least 20 people were injured, two seriously. The county, which borders Qingchuan, also reported a large number of collapsed houses in rural areas.
"No death has been reported so far, but many ramshackle houses in the town seat collapsed in the aftershock," said Zhu Lin, an official in Bikou Town, Wenxian County.
Sunday's aftershock hit at 4:21 p.m. and was felt in many parts of Sichuan, including provincial capital Chengdu, said Hou Jianmin, a senior engineer with the China National Seismic Network.
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The strongest aftershock since the 8.0-magnitude Wenchuan County quake on May 12 also destroyed or severely damaged about 270,000 houses, and like the original quake, was felt across China.
In Qingchuan County, the epicenter of the aftershock, 359 people had been injured as of 7 p.m. Sunday while nine villages and towns lost telephone services, according to the disaster relief headquarters in the county.
Longnan City in northwest China's Gansu Province reported one death and 109 injuries with 15 in serious condition. The victim was killed by the rolling stones from a mountain.
The other death was reported in Guangyuan City, Sichuan province.
About 71,300 houses collapsed and more than 200,000 others were in danger of collapse after the aftershock in Guangyuan, said Wang Fei, an official with the disaster relief office in the city. He said details about the victims were not immediately available.
Wang said a mud-rock flow triggered by the aftershock had disrupted traffic from Qingchuan County to Guangyuan City, but no serious landslides were immediately reported.
In Ningqiang County in northwest China's Shaanxi Province, at least 20 people were injured, two seriously. The county, which borders Qingchuan, also reported a large number of collapsed houses in rural areas.
"No death has been reported so far, but many ramshackle houses in the town seat collapsed in the aftershock," said Zhu Lin, an official in Bikou Town, Wenxian County.
Sunday's aftershock hit at 4:21 p.m. and was felt in many parts of Sichuan, including provincial capital Chengdu, said Hou Jianmin, a senior engineer with the China National Seismic Network.
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