Earthquake in China: Death toll in China earthquake rises to 74, 26 missing

The death toll in this week's devastating earthquake in western China has risen to 74, with 26 people still missing. The government gave this information on Wednesday. Lockdown is in force in the area due to Corona virus infection and people are not allowed to come out of their homes despite feeling the tremors of the earthquake, which has caused a lot of anger among them. A 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck Luding County in China's southwestern Sichuan province on Monday, damaging houses in the Ganje Tibetan Autonomous Region and shaking buildings in the province's capital, Chengdu.

There are more than two crore people living in strict lockdown. After the earthquake, the police and health workers did not allow troubled and panicked people to leave their homes, due to which people's anger about the country's Covid policy has increased.

The earthquake that hit Sichuan, China on Monday caused massive destruction. The tremors of the earthquake were so strong that everything was ruined in seconds. Many buildings here turned into rubble. The epicenter of the earthquake was Luding County. The magnitude of the earthquake was measured at 6.8 on the Richter scale. Rocks also broke at places and fell on the roads, while people were buried under the rubble of buildings in residential areas.