Brief description of the situation
A 7.0-magnitude earthquake hit south China’s Sichuan province at 8.02 a.m Beijing time on 20 April, had its epicenter near Lushan county, Ya’an City at a depth of 13 km. A large number of aftershocks continue to shake the affected area with several of them being above magnitude 5.
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