Magnitude 6.9 quake rattles SR Qinghai Province of China

Grief caused by the Sichuan earthquake in 2008 which killed around 87 thousand people is not yet clear, China was again tormented by similar disasters.

Earthquake measuring 6.9 on the Richter scale (SR) rocked the mountainous region in northwestern Qinghai Province, China at 07:49 am local time (06:49 GMT). At least 400 people died, 10,000 people were injured and 900 people were rescued from the rubble of collapsed by the earthquake.

The President has called for the command to make all efforts to rescue the victims. Authority of China said it would help prepare the CNY 200 million (USD 263.7 billion).

A total of 5000 rescue workers, including 700 soldiers have been deployed to the location of the earthquake. Help in the form of 5000 tents, 50,000 blankets and 50,000 coats also immediately sent to the region located at an altitude of 4000 meters where temperatures at night can reach below freezing.

The quake's epicenter was in Yushu County (district level) about 800 miles south of Qinghai Province. Limin Huang, high officials in Yushu said many people still buried among the rubble of buildings and homes. Region has a population of about 100,000 people is located in a remote location made it difficult for rescue operations.

Zhuohuaxia, officials in Jiegu, part of the central government declared its territory Yushu the lack of tents, medicines and medical equipment.

U.S. Geological Survey, the earthquake in China's magnitude 6.9 SR. While according to the China Earthquake Agency listed China power reached 7.1 SR.

U.S. Meteorological Agency predicts high winds and hail a threat in the future. Besides seismology agency warned of further aftershocks.

''There's so much dust in the air, we could not see anything. We managed to get 70 people (the injured). But some of them died on the way to the hospital''said Ren Yu, Yushu hotel manager in Jiegu, the main town in the Yushu area as quoted by the Associated Press.

According to Yu more than 100 hotel guests were evacuated safely and they are soon to open space

Meanwhile, the AFP launched in Jiegu about 30 km from the central provinces, Kang Zifu as the head of the rescue team, told local television firefighters tried to save the 20 students who are trapped inside the school. Five students were killed and others trapped in an elementary school.

A teacher from the school told Xinhua that the disaster occurred before morning classes began. Zhuohuaxia quoting a local publicity official said more than 85 percent of homes in Jiegu destroyed.

''There are no doctors. They only have a few bandages, they can not give injections, as well as intravenous fluids,''that I was a monk who was currently visiting Shenzen region told The Associated Press.

The entire electrical and communications lines and water outages. Roads and bridges were destroyed complicate the distribution of aid by land. For that officers with the army and local people who clean the streets to the airport. Because of limited equipment, paramilitary police using hand shovels and dug rubble looking for survivors.

''We have to rely on hand to clean up the debris because it does not have a large excavation machines. So also with medical equipment that was not sufficient,''said Shi Huajie, a paramilitary police officer told AFP.

Moral support came from various parties, including from the Dalai Lama. Tibetan spiritual leader was praying for those who lost their lives