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Over 70,000 evacuated from Sichuan quake zone

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2017-08-11 08:34Xinhua Editor: Gu Liping ECNS App Download
Injured people are transferred to a helicopter in Jiuzhaigou County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Aug. 10, 2017. Medical treatment service is provided to aid the affected people after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck Jiuzhaigou County in Sichuan Province on Tuesday. (Xinhua/Fan Peishen)

Injured people are transferred to a helicopter in Jiuzhaigou County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Aug. 10, 2017. Medical treatment service is provided to aid the affected people after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck Jiuzhaigou County in Sichuan Province on Tuesday. (Xinhua/Fan Peishen)

More than 70,000 people were evacuated after a strong earthquake left them stranded in southwest China's Sichuan Province, said the Ministry of Public Security (MPS) on Thursday.

Traffic on major roads linking the quake zone of Jiuzhaigou County with Mianyang City in Sichuan and adjacent Guizhou Province has resumed, according to the MPS.

Police in Sichuan activated a contingency plan following the deadly earthquake.

As of 1 p.m. Thursday, about 13,000 vehicles and 71,000 people had been evacuated with the help of 3,675 police.

The 7.0-magnitude quake hit Jiuzhaigou at 9:19 p.m. Tuesday at a depth of 20 kilometers, leaving at least 20 dead and 431 injured, according to local authorities.

  

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