Yushu China Earthquake Photos
 

Local people are seen after a 7.1 magnitude earthquake which struck China's Qinghai province just before 8am local time on April 14, 2010 in Yushu county, Qinghai province of China. Initial reports stood at 300 dead with potentially 8000 injured. Whilst the high altitude region is promise to quakees, the US Geological Survey reported this to be the strongest since 1976. Getty

Rescuers and local survivors work to save people amid debris after a 7.1 magnitude earthquake which struck China's Qinghai province just before 8am local time on April 14, 2010 in Yushu county, Qinghai province of China. Initial reports stood at 300 dead with potentially 8000 injured. Whilst the high altitude region is promise to quakees, the US Geological Survey reported this to be the strongest since 1976. Getty

In this Thursday April 15, 2020, photo released by China's Xinhua news agency, firemen from southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region rescue an injured man from a damaged building in the 7.1-magnitude-earthquake-hit Yushu County, northwest China's Qinghai province. AP

In this photo released by China's Xinhua news agency, soldiers of the Chinese People's Liberation Army carry a survivor rescued after strong earthquakes in Yushu County, northwest China's Qinghai Province, Wednesday, April 14, 2010. Soldiers and civilians used shovels and their bare hands to dig through collapsed buildings in search of survivors after strong earthquakes struck a mountainous Tibetan region of China on Wednesday, killing hundreds of people. AP

Rescue workers pull out a person from a collapsed building in Yushu county in western China's Qinghai province on Wednesday, April 14, 2010. A series of strong earthquakes struck a far western Tibetan area of China on Wednesday, killing at least 400 people and injuring more than 10,000 as houses made of mud and wood collapsed, trapping many more, officials said. (AP Photo) ** CHINA OUT. AP

A video grab shows paramilitary policemen and residents rescuing a survivor after a magnitude 6.9 earthquake, in Yushu County, Qinghai Province April 14, 2010. The earthquake on Wednesday killed about 300 people in the mountainous Tibetan Plateau in southwest China and left more than 8,000 injured as houses, schools and offices collapsed. A series of quakes and aftershocks caused low, brick buildings in Qinghai Province's ethnically Tibetan Yushu county to collapse, residents and state media said. Troops have been dispatched to the area. Reuters

Rescuers carry a local who was injured during an earthquake at the Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Yushu, Qinghai Province April 14, 2010, in this photo released by China's official Xinhua News Agency. About 300 people have died and 8,000 others were injured after a 7.1-magnitude earthquake hit northwest China's Qinghai Province early on Wednesday, a local official said, according to Xinhua News Agency. Reuters

In this photo taken by a mobile phone, local people gather outside after being evacuated from buildings following an earthquake that hit the Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Yushu, northwest China's Qinghai province, Wednesday, April 14, 2010. A series of strong earthquakes struck China's western Qinghai province Wednesday, toppling houses, killing scores of people and burying many others in a mountainous rural area, officials and state media said. AP

Chinese firefighters remove a victims body from the rubble of a collapsed building after a 6.9-magnitude earthquake hit Yushu county, in northwest China's Qinghai province on April 15, 2010. Rescuers with shovels and bare hands clawed through rubble to hunt for survivors of the quake in a remote area of China which killed over 600 people and made thousands homeless. Getty

Victims injured from the 6.9-magnitude earthquake on Wednesday, wait to board a flight to a safe place for medical treatment, at the Yushu airport, Qinghai province April 15, 2010. The death toll from the earthquake in China's remote and mountainous Yushu county, Qinghai province, has risen to 617, Xinhua news agency said on Thursday. Reuters

A recently rescued woman is carried up a hillside to her home amid the earthquake debris in Jiegu, Yushu County, in northwest China's Qinghai province on April 15, 2010. Rescuers and aid supplies began slowly rolling into this remote area of northwest China flattened by the devastating April 14 earthquake that left more than 600 people dead and 100,000 homeless. Battling bitingly cold weather and a lack of oxygen, rescue workers clawed with their bare hands through the rubble of homes and schools toppled by the 6.9 magnitude quake. Getty

A Tibetan woman prays in front of a partially-collapsed house in the earthquake-hit Jiegu town, Yushu, in west China's Qinghai province, Thursday, April 15, 2010. Rescue teams fought gusty winds and altitude sickness Thursday as survivors faced a second night outside in freezing weather after strong earthquakes left hundreds of people dead and thousands hurt in a mountainous Tibetan area of western China. AP

This photo taken on April 15, 2010 shows the rubble of a collapsed building after a 6.9-magnitude earthquake hit Yushu county in northwest China's Qinghai province on April 14. Rescuers with shovels and bare hands clawed through rubble to hunt for survivors of the quake in a remote area of China which killed over 600 people and made thousands homeless. Getty

This photo taken on April 15, 2010 shows the rubble of a collapsed building after a 6.9-magnitude earthquake hit Yushu county in northwest China's Qinghai province on April 14. Rescuers with shovels and bare hands clawed through rubble to hunt for survivors of the quake in a remote area of China which killed over 600 people and made thousands homeless. Getty

Residents make their way along rubble on April 15, 2010 after a 6.9-magnitude earthquake hit Yushu county in northwest China's Qinghai province on April 14. Rescuers with shovels and bare hands clawed through rubble to hunt for survivors of the quake in a remote area of China which killed over 600 people and made thousands homeless. Getty

Tibetan residents of Jiegu, Yushu County, in northwest China's Qinghai province have a meal outside their makeshift tents amid the rubble of demolished homes on April 15, 2010. Rescuers and aid supplies began slowly rolling into this remote area of northwest China flattened by the devastating April 14 earthquake that left more than 600 people dead and 100,000 homeless. Battling bitingly cold weather and a lack of oxygen, rescue workers clawed with their bare hands through the rubble of homes and schools toppled by the 6.9 magnitude quake. Getty

In this Thursday, April 15, 2010, released by China's Xinhua news agency, residents rest at a square in Tibetan Autonomous prefecture of Yushu, northwest China's Qinghai province, a day after a 7.1-magnitude earthquake hit Yushu. AP

Survivors stand beside their quake-damaged homes in Yushu county, western China's Qinghai province, Thursday, April 15, 2010. Rescue teams fought gusty winds and altitude sickness Thursday as survivors faced a second night outside in freezing weather after strong earthquakes left more than 600 dead and 9,000 hurt in a mountainous Tibetan area of western China. (AP Photo) ** CHINA OUT. AP

Survivors of Qinghai's earthquake wait for being transferred to Xining for medical treatment at Batang Airport on April 15, 2010 in Yushu, Qinghai province of China. China's leaders have urged rescuers to make 'all-out efforts to save lives' as the death toll of Wednesday's Qinghai 7.1-magnitude earthquake rose to 617. Getty

Survivors of Qinghai's earthquake wait for being transferred to Xining for medical treatment at Batang Airport on April 15, 2010 in Yushu, Qinghai province of China. China's leaders have urged rescuers to make 'all-out efforts to save lives' as the death toll of Wednesday's Qinghai 7.1-magnitude earthquake rose to 617. Getty

A team of Chinese pararmilitary police patrol in front of a damaged building in the earthquake-hit Jiegu town, Yushu, in west China's Qinghai province, Thursday, April 15, 2010. Rescue teams fought gusty winds and altitude sickness Thursday as survivors faced a second night outside in freezing weather after strong earthquakes left more than 600 dead and 9,000 hurt in a mountainous Tibetan area of western China. AP

Residents carry an injured survivor who was rescued from the rubble of a collapsed building on April 15, 2010 after a 6.9-magnitude earthquake hit Yushu county in northwest China's Qinghai province on April 14. Rescuers with shovels and bare hands clawed through rubble to hunt for survivors of the quake in a remote area of China which killed over 600 people and made thousands homeless. AP

Tibetan monks join in soldiers to rescue survivors in rubble on April 15, 2010 after a 6.9-magnitude earthquake hit Yushu county, in northwest China's Qinghai province on April 14, 2010. Rescuers with shovels and bare hands clawed through rubble to hunt for survivors of the quake in a remote area of China which killed over 600 people and made thousands homeless. Getty

Medical personnel attend to an injured survivor who was rescued from the rubble of a collapsed building on April 15, 2010 after a 6.9-magnitude earthquake hit Yushu county in northwest China's Qinghai province on April 14. Rescuers with shovels and bare hands clawed through rubble to hunt for survivors of the quake in a remote area of China which killed over 600 people and made thousands homeless. Getty

Chinese firefighters carry a survivor who was found in the rubbles on April 15, 2010 after a 6.9-magnitude earthquake hit Yushu county, in northwest China's Qinghai province on April 14, 2010. Rescuers with shovels and bare hands clawed through rubble to hunt for survivors of the quake in a remote area of China which killed over 600 people and made thousands homeless. Getty

A survivor waves as he was rescued from rubble of a collapsed building after an earthquake in Yushu county, western China's Qinghai province, Thursday, April 15, 2010. China poured rescue crews and equipment into a mountainous Tibetan region Thursday in a bid to find survivors more than a day after strong earthquakes killed more than 600 people and injured thousands. (AP Photo) ** CHINA OUT. AP

An injured survivor waits to be transferred for medical treatment after an earthquake in Yushu county, western China's Qinghai province, Thursday, April 15, 2010. China poured rescue crews and equipment into a mountainous Tibetan region Thursday in a bid to find survivors more than a day after strong earthquakes killed hundreds of people and injured thousands. (AP Photo) ** CHINA OUT. AP

An injured survivor with a paramedic tag waits for medical treatment at a gymnasium after an earthquake in Yushu county, western China's Qinghai province, Thursday, April 15, 2010. China poured rescue crews and equipment into a mountainous Tibetan region Thursday in a bid to find survivors more than a day after strong earthquakes killed more than 600 people and injured thousands. (AP Photo) ** CHINA OUT. AP

The Tibetan White Dagoba remains standing after a 7.1 magnitude earthquake struck China's Qinghai province early Wednesday on April 15, 2010 in Yushu county, Qinghai province of China. China's leaders have urged rescuers to make 'all-out efforts to save lives' as the death toll of Wednesday's Qinghai 7.1-magnitude earthquake rose to 617. Getty

The body of a victim who died during the earthquake is seen in Yushu, Qinghai province, April 15, 2010. The death toll from the earthquake in China's remote and mountainous Yushu county, Qinghai province, has risen to 617, Xinhua news agency said on Thursday. Reuters

In this photo taken Wednesday, April 14, 2010, survivors emerge in an open area, surrounded by collapsed buildings, after an earthquake at Jiegu township in Yushu county, western China's Qinghai province. Soldiers and civilians used shovels and their bare hands to dig through collapsed buildings in search of survivors after strong earthquakes struck a mountainous Tibetan region of China on Wednesday, killing hundreds of people. (AP Photo) ** CHINA OUT. AP

Chinese men remove a dead body recovered after earthquakes struck Jiegu township, about 20 miles (30 kilometers) from the epicenter, in Yushu county in western China's Qinghai province Thursday, April 15, 2010. Soldiers and civilians used shovels and their bare hands to dig through collapsed buildings in search of survivors after strong earthquakes struck a mountainous Tibetan region of China on Wednesday, killing hundreds of people. (AP Photo) ** CHINA OUT. AP