Two trapped people were confirmed dead and a 91-year-old man was rescued after a 5.2-magnitude earthquake struck Liuzhou City in south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region early Monday, local earthquake relief headquarters said.
The earthquake struck Liunan District in Liuzhou at 12:21am (local time) on Monday at a depth of 8km, leaving three people missing, reports Xinhua.
Emergency responders, firefighters and police rushed to the scene shortly after the quake to conduct rescue operations. Earlier on Monday, rescuers recovered two of the three missing people, but both were found without vital signs.
Later, rescuers pulled a 91-year-old man from the rubble. Medical personnel confirmed that he was in stable condition before transferring him to hospital for further treatment.
Guangxi’s regional earthquake relief headquarters activated a Level-III emergency response at 2am.
Meanwhile, the office of the State Council earthquake relief headquarters and the Ministry of Emergency Management launched a Level-IV emergency response on Monday and dispatched a working team to assist local authorities with relief efforts.
The China Earthquake Administration also initiated a Level-III emergency response following the earthquake.
