Overview
- The earthquake, which struck Liunan district in the city of Liuzhou at 12:21 a.m. Monday local time, registered magnitude 5.2 at a depth of about 8 kilometers.
- Officials confirmed at least two deaths and reported several people taken to hospitals, while more than 7,000 residents left their homes as a precaution.
- State broadcaster CCTV said teams located the last trapped person at 11:10 a.m. local time, rescued the survivor with stable vital signs, and moved them to a hospital.
- Early checks counted 13 collapsed homes, yet power, water, gas, roads, and communications largely kept working as crews surveyed buildings, bridges, mines, and other risk sites.
- Multiple small tremors followed, including a magnitude 3.3 aftershock at 7:41 a.m., and shaking was felt in Liuzhou, Guilin, and Nanning, which is common with shallow quakes that can shake the surface more strongly.