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Liputan6.com, Qinghai: The death toll in a series of devastating earthquake in China reportedly continued to grow. Local television station CCTV preaching, the death toll until Thursday (15 / 4) afternoon local time to reach 617 people. Approximately nine thousand people were injured and nearly 970 of whom suffered serious injuries.

Around 300 other people remain missing. Search efforts are still focused on a number of victims of a collapsed school. So far 66 students and 10 teachers were reported killed buried. Evacuation effort received help from Tibetan monks who come to the site.

While the medical team has made an emergency hospital to treat the injured, whether a serious injury such as broken bones or lacerations. Local officials added that the earthquake caused 85 percent of infrastructure in Yushu, Qinghai Province is damaged. As many as 15 thousand homes were destroyed and 100 thousand residents should be relocated.

Earthquake in China occurred on Wednesday (14 / 4) yesterday morning at 07:49 local time. An earthquake measuring 7.1 on the Richter scale was centered 380 kilometers south-east of Goldmud with a depth of 10 kilometers. Recorded, at least 18 times aftershocks shook the region [read: Earthquake Shake 7.1 SR West China Sea]. (TEST / Job)