Xinjiang quake kills three, more than 12,000 evacuated

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The 7.1 magnitude earthquake that struck the Kyrgyzstan-Xinjiang border region on Jan 23 has killed at least three people and more than 12,000 people have been relocated to temporary shelters and relief centres in China.  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00 The 7.1-magnitude earthquake that struck the Kyrgyzstan-Xinjiang border on Tuesday has

00:07 killed at least three people and caused injuries to five others.

00:12 Authorities are still clearing rubble and looking for survivors who might be buried

00:16 in collapsed buildings.

00:17 More than 12,000 residents have been evacuated from their homes.

00:22 Some 1,000 of them have been relocated to a school in Wuxi County.

00:26 "We have now activated more than 310 dormitories in our school, which has covered more than

00:31 1,100 villagers.

00:32 We have specially arranged for some psychological counselors and middle-level officials to communicate

00:41 with them in the dormitories."

00:44 The school canteen serves three meals a day to the earthquake victims.

00:48 As of Wednesday morning, more than 1,100 aftershocks had been recorded, with the strongest being

00:54 5.7-magnitude.

00:57 The epicenter of the earthquake struck at 2.09 a.m. on Tuesday at a depth of 22-kilometer

01:03 in the mountainous area of Wuxi County.

01:05 The epicenter is located about 50-kilometer from the county, with five villages within

01:10 a 20-kilometer radius.

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