Several people were reportedly missing after multiple buildings collapsed after an earthquake of magnitude 5.2 struck Liuzhou, a city in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, on Monday morning, May 18.
According to the China Earthquake Networks Centre (ENC), jolts were reported at 12.21 am (China local time) at a depth of 8 kilometres. More than 7,000 people were evacuated as search and damage assessment efforts continued in the affected areas.
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Regional earthquake relief headquarters in Guangxi launched a Level-III emergency response at 2 am, and fire and police authorities are carrying out rescue operations.
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The office of the State Council earthquake relief headquarters and the Ministry of Emergency Management activated a Level-IV emergency response on Monday and sent a work team to the affected area to support local earthquake relief efforts. A total of 51 fire and rescue vehicles and 315 personnel had been dispatched to the quake-hit area.