No Filipinos Reported Hurt in China’s 6.8 Magnitude Earthquake
Filipinos are all safe and reported no injuries as a result of 6.8 magnitude earthquake that struck Sichuan China, Department of Affairs (DFA) confirmed on Wednesday.
According to documents from the Philippine Embassy in Beijing, Dinno Oblena cited, there are no Filipinos living in Ganzi County, Yaan City, the earthquake‘s epicenter.
“The DFA reports that there have been no Filipino casualties following the 6.8 magnitude earthquake that hit Sichuan Province on 5 September 2022. Per the records of the Philippine Embassy in Beijing, no Filipino resides in Ganzi Counrty, Yaan City, the earthquake’s epicenter,” Oblena said.
“The Embassy is reaching out to the Filipino community in Sichuan to check if there are affected Filipinos,” He added.
According to the report of GMA News, the DFA, according to Oblena, is prepared to support the Filipino communities and is regularly monitoring the situation.
Intense vibrations in a distant area damaged homes and caused power outages in some areas as a result of a severe earthquake that slammed southern China on Monday, according to official media. At least 46 people were confirmed dead.
17 fatalities were reported in Ya’an City, according to CCTV, while 29 fatalities were reported in the nearby Ganzi Prefecture. The report mentioned that buildings in the surrounding megacity of Chongqing and Chengdu, the provincial capital where millions of people are confined to their homes under a tight Covid lockdown, were both shaken, according to locals who spoke to AFP.
The southwest province of Sichuan experiences frequent earthquakes, notably in its western mountain range, which is a tectonically active region at the eastern edge of the Qinghai-Tibetan plateau.
The quake was the largest to strike Sichuan since one of magnitude 7.0 struck the Aba prefecture in August 2017. A magnitude 8.0 earthquake with a focal point in Wenchuan struck Sichuan in May 2008, killing almost 70,000 people and causing significant damage.
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