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2022.06.01 20:16 GMT+8

Lushan earthquake is aftershock of a massive quake in 2013: official

Updated 2022.06.01 20:59 GMT+8
CGTN

The magnitude-6.1 earthquake that rattled Lushan County in Ya'an City, southwest China's Sichuan Province, on Wednesday afternoon was an aftershock of the magnitude-7.0 earthquake in the region in 2013, the Sichuan earthquake department told a press conference Wednesday night.

The 2013 quake killed 196 people and injured over 11,000.

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