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Alice Yan

Residents in southwestern China were warned just seconds before a 6.0 Richter scale earthquake hit the region early Thursday morning, local media reported.
The earthquake epicentre was in Luxian County in Sichuan province and killed three people while injuring 60 others. About 7,000 residents have been evacuated, the county’s government said.
Local TV stations warned of the imminent quake, accompanied by sirens, to residents of Sichuan cities including Luzhou, Leshan, Yibing and Chengdu and the nearby Yunnan city of Zhaotong which borders the county, state broadcaster CCTV reported.
People who had installed The China Earthquake Administration alert app on their phones also received the quake warnings shortly before the disaster happened.

Wang Tun, director of Chengdu Institute of Care-life, encouraged people to install earthquake alert apps, the report said.
When the quake occurred, local residents said they felt strong shaking, with many people rushing to open places, some only wearing their underwear.
A woman in Luxian County said she was woken up by the quake, but at first she didn’t take it seriously thinking it was like previous minor earthquakes, news portal Red Star News reported.
But the shaking became stronger, with wine bottles and home appliances falling onto the ground, the report said.
“I was scared. I dared not move at all,” said the woman, identified by her surname Li.
When the quake dissipated, Li, her husband and her mother went downstairs and drove their car to a nearby park to seek refuge.

“All the people in my community have come out,” she said. “It was raining. [Luckily] there are shelters in the park.”
Li said she saw some neighbours wrapped up in quilts. A photo going viral online showed a man wearing just his underwear on the street, indicating the haste with which people fled their homes.
People living in adjacent cities also felt the quake.
An internet user who lives in a high-rise building in Chengdu, capital city of Sichuan, said hours after the quake, he still couldn’t calm down and was so frightened that his legs kept on shaking.

Another user from Shehong, a small city of Sichuan, said on Weibo: “I was woken up by the quake. After that, I dared not sleep.”
Sichuan has more earthquakes than any other Chinese province. In 2008, about 70,000 people died in a deadly quake measuring 8.0, the most serious disaster in China for 40 years.
Luzhou, which administers Luxian county, has reported 252 earthquakes measured at 3 or above on the Richter scale in the past five years.


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(210916) -- LUXIAN, Sept. 16, 2021 (Xinhua) -- Evacuated people stand in an emergency tent erected after an earthquake in 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 a.m. Thursday (2033 GMT Wednesday). The quake also damaged houses. (Xinhua)

Rescuers removing debris on a street in Fuji Town of Luxian County, southwest China’s Sichuan Province. Photo: Xinhua

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People had just a few seconds warning from local TV stations and alert apps before the quake hit
At least three people are confirmed dead, with 60 injured



At least three people have been killed and 60 others are reportedly injured after a major quake centred on Sichuan Province hit in the early hours of Thursday morning.


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Earthquake measuring 6.0 hits Sichuan in southwestern China with only a few seconds warning beforehand

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People had just a few seconds warning from local TV stations and alert apps before the quake hit

At least three people are confirmed dead, with 60 injured