A Mw 6.7 (Ms 6.8) earthquake struck Luding County in Sichuan province, China on 5 September 2022 at 12:52:19 local time.[3] The epicenter was located 226 km (140 mi) from Chengdu,[4] or 43 km (27 mi) southeast of Kangding.[3] Ninety-three people died, 424 were injured and 24 remained missing. More than 13,000 homes and other infrastructure were damaged or destroyed. It was the largest earthquake to strike the province since 2017.[5]
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^Hailei, Zhang. "四川甘孜州泸定县发生6.8级地震 震中距成都市226公里" [The epicenter of a magnitude 6.8 earthquake in Luding County, Ganzi Prefecture, Sichuan, was 226 kilometers away from Chengdu]. Xinhua News Agency. Shanghai Securities Journal. Archived from the original on 5 September 2022. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
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