Death Toll Rises to 617 in Qinghai Earthquake

Date: 2010-4-15 9:02:00 by shyoto Tags: Qinghai Eearthquake Yushu Qinghai Earthquake

The death toll from a 7.1-magnitude earthquake in northwest China's Qinghai Province has risen to 617, rescuers said Thursday.

The latest statistics show that 313 people were missing and 9,110 injured, 970 severely, said a spokesman with the rescue headquarters in the Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Yushu in southern Qinghai.

Almost 2,000 soldiers, police officers and fire-figh

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