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Bless Sichuan, bless Ya’an!

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A 7.0-magnitude quake jolted Lushan County of Sichuan's Ya'an City at 8:02 a.m. Saturday Beijing Time, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center.

Death toll has risen to 186 in the earthquake in southwest China's Sichuan Province, according to latest statistics gathered by the provincial emergency response command center.

Twenty-one people are reported missing, and 11,393 others have been injured, according to the command center.

The epicenter, with a depth of 13 km, was monitored at 30.3 degrees north latitude and 103.0 degrees east longitude.

Instructions released require obtaining information of the disaster quickly, prioritizing lives and making every possible effort to rescue people.

Let’s bless everyone in Ya’an and Sichuan!

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