5 Richter earthquakes in Sichuan province, China

According to Xinhua, on January 31, in the southwestern province of Sichuan, there was a magnitude 5 earthquake, leaving at least one person dead, 11 injured and collapsed over 100 houses. home.

Local officials said the earthquake epicenter was located near To Minh City at a depth of 10km.

Rescuers were quickly deployed to overcome the consequences of natural disasters. With a population of 3.8 million people, Toai Minh is located about 140 km east of Chengdu capital.

Earthquakes are rare here, except for three earthquakes of less than 2 Richter magnitudes during the past 20 years.

Rescuers take part in overcoming the earthquake consequences.(Source: Reuters)

Scientists are not sure if this earthquake was the aftershock of the magnitude 8 earthquake in Sichuan in May 2008, killing about 87,000 people.

Meanwhile, snowstorms are raging in many areas in Central and Eastern America, causing traffic and power outages on a large scale.

Hundreds of traffic accidents have occurred, especially on federal highways, injuring dozens of people. Many flights are delayed.

The January 30 snowstorm covered 25cm of snow in parts of North Carolina and Tennessee, creating 10-20 cm thick lines in Washington and two neighboring states, Maryland and Virginia.

The state of North Carolina and Tennessee and most parts of Virginia state had to declare a state of emergency, while national security forces were placed in high availability.

Snowstorms also appear in Oklahoma, Arkasas and Kentucky, seriously hampering traffic. Meteorological agencies report low temperatures, below minus 12 degrees Celsius, which will continue for at least the end of the first half.

Since the last days of 2009 until now, most areas in the United States have suffered terrible snowstorms and 5 people have been killed.

The intense snowstorm on January 7 in the Midwest region of the United States caused more than 500 flights to be canceled and more than 150 schools closed.

At least 10 people have been killed and about 80 injured in a serious passenger car accident on January 30 in Camiri, 1,200km from Bolivia's capital La Paz.

On the same day, in neighboring Peru also recorded a road traffic accident that killed two people and injured 15 people.

According to official figures, on average, each year, traffic accidents in Bolivia kill 3,500 people and injure 50,000 people./.