Sichuan Luding 6.8 earthquake has caused 46 people to be killed and 16 people lost contact

Cover reporter Wang Xianglong Li Qing

On the evening of September 5, the Sichuan Provincial Emergency Headquarters held a press conference on the "6.8" earthquake in Luding.Cover reporters learned from the meeting that at 12:52 on September 5, a magnitude 6.8 earthquake occurred in Luding County, with a depth of 16 kilometers.As of 20:30 on September 5th, the earthquake had killed 46 people (including 29 people in Ganzi and 17 people in Ya'an), 16 people lost contact, and more than 50 were injured.

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