Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry condoles with China over deadly quake
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan has expressed condolences to China due to numerous human casualties as a result of the earthquake.
"Deeply saddened by the news of a devastating earthquake in China causing a huge loss of lives and injuries. We express our heartfelt condolences to the families of the victims and wish a speedy recovery to the injured ones," the ministry's message on X says, per Caliber.Az.
Deeply saddened by the news of a devastating earthquake in #China causing a huge loss of lives and injuries.
— MFA Azerbaijan 🇦🇿 (@AzerbaijanMFA) December 19, 2023
We express our heartfelt condolences to the families of the victims and wish a speedy recovery to the injured ones.@MFA_China
A magnitude-6.2 earthquake jolted a remote and mountainous region on the northern edge of the Qinghai-Tibetan plateau just before midnight on December 18, killing at least 126 people and injuring hundreds.
Authorities have swiftly mobilised an array of emergency responses after the quake wrecked roads and infrastructure, triggered landslides, and half-buried a village in silt.
But rescue work has proved challenging in subzero temperatures, with most of China grappling with below-freezing conditions after a powerful cold wave swept across the country.
Earthquakes are common in western provinces such as Gansu, lying on the eastern boundary of the tectonically active Qinghai-Tibetan plateau.
China's deadliest quake in recent decades was in 2008 when a magnitude 8.0 temblor struck Sichuan, killing nearly 70,000 people.
At 11.59 pm local time on December 18, the latest quake struck Jishishan county in Gansu at a depth of 10 km, according to China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC).
The epicentre was five kilometres from the border between Gansu and a neighbouring province, Qinghai, where strong tremors were also felt.
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