Rescuers head for earthquake-hit Wandong Village of Detuo Town in Luding County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Sept. 6, 2022.(Xinhua/Shen Bohan)
CHENGDU, Sept. 7 (Xinhua) -- Rescue and disaster relief actions are underway after a 6.8-magnitude earthquake rocked Luding County and neighboring regions in southwest China's Sichuan Province Monday.
A total of 66 people died as a result of the earthquake. Fifteen people were missing and 253 were injured, local authorities said Tuesday.
Sichuan has activated the highest level of emergency response for the earthquake.
Rescuers transfer an injured villager evacuated from Wandong Village of Detuo Town in Luding County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Sept. 6, 2022. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)
Rescuers transfer injured villagers evacuated from Wandong Village of Detuo Town in Luding County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Sept. 6, 2022. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)
A rescuer heads for Wandong Village of Detuo Town in Luding County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Sept. 6, 2022. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)
Villagers are evacuated from Wandong Village of Detuo Town in Luding County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Sept. 6, 2022. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)
Rescuers take boats to Wandong Village of Detuo Town in Luding County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Sept. 6, 2022. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)
Rescuers transfer quake-affected residents in Detuo Town of Luding County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Sept. 6, 2022. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)
Rescuers transfer quake-affected residents in Detuo Town of Luding County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Sept. 6, 2022. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)
Villagers take a rubber boat during an evacuation from Detuo Town in Luding County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Sept. 6, 2022. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)
Rescuers head to Wandong Village of Detuo Town in Luding County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Sept. 6, 2022. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)
Rescuers transfer an injured resident evacuated from Detuo Town, in Luding County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Sept. 6, 2022. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)
Rescuer Zhang Zili transfers a 2-month-old baby from Wandong Village of Detuo Town in Luding County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Sept. 6, 2022. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)
Rescuer Zhang Zili hands a 2-month-old baby to a medical team after the baby was evacuated from Wandong Village of Detuo Town, in Luding County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Sept. 6, 2022. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)
Rescuers take a rubber boat to Ziyachang Village of Detuo Town in Luding County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Sept. 6, 2022. (Photo by Wei Hong/Xinhua)
Rescuers transfer a resident injured during an earthquake in Luding County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Sept. 6, 2022. (Photo by Wei Hong/Xinhua)
Rescuers transfer a resident injured during an earthquake in Gonghe Village of Moxi Town in Luding County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Sept. 6, 2022. (Photo by Cheng Xueli/Xinhua)
Rescuers head to a quake-hit area in Gonghe Village of Moxi Town in Luding County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Sept. 6, 2022. (Photo by Cheng Xueli/Xinhua)■
