The Qinghai provincial military district and the Qinghai Armed Police Corps on Tuesday dispatched personnel to carry out search and rescue operations and other tasks after a 6.3-magnitude earthquake rocked Haixi Mongolian and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in northwest China's Qinghai Province.
Following the disaster, the Haixi Detachment of the Qinghai Armed Police Corps immediately activated its emergency response plan, racing against time to mobilize rescue teams and dispatch them to the epicenter with a full set of disaster relief supplies to carry out frontline earthquake relief operations.
The Haixi military sub-district of the Qinghai provincial military district promptly activated its emergency response mechanism, dispatched an emergency command team to the front lines, and mobilized 60 local militia members from nearby areas to conduct disaster assessments and provide medical assistance.
One person had been confirmed dead and eight others injured in the quake as of 23:00 Tuesday, rescuers said.
The quake struck at 17:06 Tuesday at a depth of 10 km, with the epicenter at 37.80 degrees north latitude and 95.56 degrees east longitude, said a report issued by the China Earthquake Networks Center.
Soldiers, armed police join rescue efforts after Qinghai earthquake
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun and Prime Minister Nawaf Salam met on Tuesday on preparations for the fifth round of negotiations with Israel to be held in Washington next Monday, as hostilities between the two countries continue despite the U.S.-Iran memorandum of understanding (MoU).
Early on Monday, the United States, Pakistan and Iran announced the finalization of an MoU on ending the war following weeks of negotiations, noting that it will be officially signed in Switzerland on Friday. The MoU also intends to end fighting between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon.
Welcoming the MoU as a positive step for regional de-escalation, the two Lebanese leaders called for a permanent ceasefire and the withdrawal of Israeli forces from occupied Lebanese territory, as well as the deployment of the Lebanese army along the border, the return of Lebanese detainees, and the launch of reconstruction efforts.
Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem thanked Iran in a message on Tuesday for helping stop the "Israeli-American aggression" on Lebanon.
However, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told a press conference on Monday that the Israeli military would remain in the "security zones" it controlled in Lebanon, Syria and the Gaza Strip as long as necessary.
On Tuesday, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said its air defenses intercepted several rockets launched by Hezbollah at Israeli troops in southern Lebanon in the morning, adding its Air Force struck and destroyed the launcher a short while later.
Meanwhile, Israeli attacks have intensified in the Nabatieh area in southern Lebanon, where drone strikes killed four people and injured several others in Mayfadoun on Tuesday, according to a preliminary toll reported by Lebanon's state-run National News Agency (NNA).
A drone first targeted a vehicle in Mayfadoun before striking the area again after residents gathered at the scene. A second vehicle was later targeted in the same area, according to NNA.
The Emergency Operations Center of Lebanon's Ministry of Public Health said the cumulative death toll from hostilities in Lebanon between March 2 and June 16 has reached 3,826, with another 11,851 injured.
Rescue teams have recently recovered around 70 bodies from under the rubble in two villages in the Bint Jbeil District in Nabatieh.
As search and recovery operations continue in areas that had remained inaccessible during the fighting, the toll is likely to rise further.
Lebanese leaders prepare for new round of peace talks with Israel
