Because the catastrophe space is in a high-altitude area the place the climate is chilly, rescue efforts are working to stop secondary disasters attributable to components past the quake, Xinhua stated.
The temperature in Linxia, Gansu, close to the place the quake occurred, was about -14 levels Celsius on Tuesday morning. Most of China is grappling with freezing temperatures as a chilly wave that began final week continued to brush via the nation.
Some water, electrical energy, transportation, communications and different infrastructure have been broken however officers supplied no additional particulars.
Rescue and aid work was beneath method and a working group was dispatched to evaluate the affect of the catastrophe and to supply steering for native aid operations, state media stated.
Preliminary evaluation confirmed the quake was a thrust-type rupture, certainly one of three above magnitude 6 to have struck inside 200km of the epicentre since 1900, state tv CCTV stated.
