By KUNA,
Tokyo : A total of 39,577 people have been confirmed dead in the May 12 massive quake in southwest China’s Sichuan Province alone, and another 236,359 people injured as of Tuesday afternoon, state-run Xinhua News Agency reported.
Li Chengyun, vice governor of Sichuan Province, told reporters that 60,026 people have been rescued from earthquake debris and close to 4.85 million people relocated.
Meanwhile, as of midday Tuesday, 159 aftershocks measuring above 4 on the Richter scale had been monitored in the province, according to the China Seismological Bureau.
Among them, 26 aftershocks measured above magnitude 5, 4 above magnitude 6, said the Bureau. Earlier in the day, Sichuan’s seismological bureau said that an aftershock of 6 to 7 on the Richter scale was likely to happen in the quake-hit area, warning local government and people to be prepared for emergencies.