Sichuan province News
A powerful earthquake of 6.8-magnitude jolted Luding County in the Sichuan province
Twenty-one people were found to have been killed in the quake so far
The tremor was felt in Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan, which is 226 km away
China`s worst heat wave in six decades is deepening the economic challenges of the country.
The National Meteorological Center (NMC) had issued a yellow alert for high temperatures for some parts of the country on Sunday morning.
Central Meteorological Observatory had issued a blue alert for rainstorms on Sunday morning.
The epicentre was monitored at 29.2 degrees north latitude and 105.34 degrees east longitude.
The quake struck at a depth of 10 kilometers.
The firefighters were sent to put the fire which broke out on Saturday in Liangshan Yi autonomous prefecture, Southwest China's Sichuan province, China Daily quoted the PLA Daily.
The epicentre as monitored at 32.27 degrees north latitude and 105.0 degrees east longitude.
China on Wednesday evacuated tens of thousands people in its mountainous southwest after a strong earthquake killed at least 19 people and rattled a region where memories of a 2008 seismic disaster remain fresh.
As per Xinhua, the earthquake hit Jiuzhaigou County at 9:19 pm (Beijing Time).
The number of people missing from a huge landslide that buried a mountain village in southwest China last weekend has been revised down from 93 to 73, authorities said on Tuesday.
Villagers in China visited what used to be their relatives` homes on Monday to mourn loved ones lost when a landslide swept down a mountain, with little hope of finding anyone alive after more than 48 hours of fruitless searching.
Heavy rain caused the side of the mountain to collapse onto the riverside village in the early morning, according to authorities.
Wu Xiaobin, captain of the local fire department, confirmed the first deaths to state broadcaster CCTV hours after the avalanche of rock hit the village of Xinmo in Sichuan province.
Some 40 homes in the village of Xinmo were swallowed by the cascading debris after the side of a mountain collapsed, blocking a two kilometre (one mile) stretch of river, according to a statement from the Maoxian government news office.
The 4-year-old female panda was struggling to stay afloat after it accidentally fell into the water at Wolong National Natural Reserve in Southwest China's Sichuan province.
The satellite, launched from the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre in southwest China's Sichuan Province, was taken into orbit by a Long March-3C carrier rocket, Xinhua reported.
The governor of China`s populous southwestern province of Sichuan is suspected of serious "discipline violations".
An exhibition of a group of rare insect fossils opened on Saturday in China's Sichuan province.
China has launched an experimental communication technology satellite from the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre in Sichuan province.
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