Abantu abangama-46 babhubhile, abangama-50 benzakele, abali-16 abalahlekileyo kwinyikima yaseTshayina iM6.8

Inyikima enamandla ye-6.8 yabetha i-Luding County kwiphondo lase-China elisentshona-ntshona ye-Sichuan namhlanje yabulala ubuncinane abantu be-46 kwaye yenzakalisa ngaphezu kwe-50. Ubuncinci abantu be-16 bebelahlekile nge-8: 30 pm ngoMvulo.

Phakathi kwabafileyo, i-29 yayivela kwi-Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture elawula i-Luding County, kunye nabanye abayi-17 bevela kwisiXeko saseYa'an.

Inyikima enamandla yavakala eChengdu, ikomkhulu laseSichuan, ekumgama oziikhilomitha ezili-140 ukusuka kwindawo engqonge inyikima.

Ngokutsho kwe-China Earthquake Networks Centre (CENC), inyikima ye-6.8-magnitude yabetha i-Luding County ngo-12: 52 ngoMvulo (ixesha laseBeijing).

Undoqo wenyikima wawumgama oziikhilomitha ezingama-24.2 ukusuka kwisithili saseLuding kwaye kukho iilali ezininzi phakathi koluhlu lweemayile ezi-3.

Ikomkhulu likarhulumente loncedo olungxamisekileyo lwaseGanzi liqalise inqanaba eliphezulu lokuphendula ngokukhawuleza emva kwenyikima.