By Huang Zhiling in Chengdu
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06:19 AM (GMT+8) Sept 16, 2021
Photo taken with a mobile phone on Sept 16, 2021 shows debris from damaged buildings in Luxian county of Luzhou city in Southwest China's Sichuan province. Sichuan province has initiated a level-II emergency response after a 6.0-magnitude earthquake jolted Luxian county at 4:33 am on Thursday (2033 GMT Wednesday). According to China Earthquake Networks Center, the epicenter was monitored at 29.2 degrees north latitude and 105.34 degrees east longitude. [Photo/Xinhua]
A magnitude-6.0 earthquake rocked Luxian county, Sichuan province, at 4:33 am on Thursday, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center.
The epicenter was monitored at 29.2 degrees north latitude and 105.34 degrees east longitude. The quake struck at a depth of 10 km.
The earthquake left three dead and 60 injured, with 3 badly hurt, as per reports received at 8:30 am. A total of 6,904 people have been evacuated. Thirty-five houses have collapsed and the Luzhou Bullet Train Station was shut down, according to the publicity department of the Luzhou municipal committee of the Communist Party of China.
Luxian is under the administration of Luzhou city.
Photo taken with a mobile phone on Sept 16, 2021 shows a damaged apartment in Luxian county of Luzhou city in Southwest China's Sichuan province. [Photo/Xinhua]
Approved by the provincial government, the earthquake relief headquarters of Sichuan has activated a level-II response, the second highest in China's four-tier earthquake emergency response system.
After the quake, the Luzhou city has launched a level-I emergency response and sent personnel for disaster investigation and rescue.
Further rescue is under way.
A rescuer transfers a senior woman to a safe location in Fuji town of Luxian county, Southwest China's Sichuan province, on Sept 16, 2021. [Photo by Tang Jianglin/for chinadaily.com.cn]
Rescuers help clean debris from a damaged house in Fuji town of Luxian county, Southwest China's Sichuan province, on Sept 16, 2021. [Photo by Lyu Fengshun/for chinadaily.com.cn]
Rescuers transfer a senior woman to a safe location in Fuji town of Luxian county, Southwest China's Sichuan province, on Sept 16, 2021. [Photo by Xiang Qian/for chinadaily.com.cn]
Rescuers help clean debris from a damaged house in Fuji town of Luxian county, Southwest China's Sichuan province, on Sept 16, 2021. [Photo by Hou Panfei/for chinadaily.com.cn]
Rescuers work at a damaged house in Fuji town of Luxian county, Southwest China's Sichuan province, on Sept 16, 2021. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]
Rescuers work at a damaged house in Fuji town of Luxian county, Southwest China's Sichuan province, on Sept 16, 2021. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]
Photo taken with a mobile phone on Sept 16, 2021 shows a rescuer transferring a senior woman to a safe location in Fuji town of Luxian county, Southwest China's Sichuan province. Two people were dead and three others injured after a 6.0-magnitude earthquake jolted Luxian county at 4:33 am Thursday (2033 GMT Wednesday). The quake also damaged houses. [Photo/Xinhua]
Evacuated people stand in an emergency tent erected after an earthquake in Luxian county, Southwest China's Sichuan province. [Photo/Xinhua]
Photo taken with a mobile phone shows rescuers removing debris on a street in Fuji town of Luxian county, Southwest China's Sichuan province, Sept 16, 2021.[Photo/Xinhua]
Photo taken with a mobile phone on Sept 16, 2021 shows debris on a street after earthquake in Luxian county, Southwest China's Sichuan province. [Photo/Xinhua]
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