Akalla mutane 118 ne suka mutu a arewa maso yammacin China a girgizar kasar mafi muni cikin shekaru 13.
Girgizar kasar mai karfin awo 6.2 ta afku a lardin Gansu mai tsaunuka da tsakar daren jiya Litinin (16:00 agogon GMT), kuma ta girgiza makwabciyarta Qinghai.
Ana iya yin asarar rayuka tare da rahotannin ɗaruruwa da suka ji rauni a yanayin ƙanƙara.
Shugaban kasar Sin Xi Jinping ya umarci dubunnan ma’aikatan ceto zuwa yankin, daga cikin matalautan da suka fi yawa a kasar Sin.
A ranar Talata, faifan bidiyo da aka nuna a gidan talabijin na gwamnati da na shafukan sada zumunta sun nuna dukkanin kauyukan da girgizar kasar ta raba, da kuma gine-gine da gidaje da suka ruguje.
An kuma nuno mutanen da suka tsere daga gidajensu suna tururuwa saboda gobarar da aka yi a sansanonin kwashe mutanen da aka yi gaggawar tashi. Zazzabi ya kai -13C (8.7F) ranar Talata, in ji kafofin watsa labarai na kasar Sin.
Wadanda suka tsira da ransu sun ce girgizar ta ji kamar “taguwar igiyar ruwa ta jefar da ita”, kuma sun tuna da guduwa daga gidajensu.
Wani mutum mai suna Mr Qin na wata kafar yada labarai ta kasar Sin ya ce, “Na ta da iyalina, muka garzaya da dukkan hawa 16 cikin numfashi daya.”
Mahukuntan yankin a gundumar Jishishan da ta fi yin barna a lardin Gansu, sun ce fiye da gine-gine 5,000 a yankin sun lalace.
Kafofin yada labaran kasar Sin sun ruwaito wani darektan tawagar ceto Gansu, wanda ya danganta barnar da aka samu a kauyukan da rashin ingancin gine-gine – gidaje da dama sun tsufa da yumbu.
Gansu yana tsakanin yankin Tibet da Loess plateaus kuma yana iyaka da Mongoliya. Yankin mai nisa na daya daga cikin matalautan kasar Sin da ke da bambancin kabila.
Jigon girgizar kasar ya kasance ne a lardin Linxia Hui mai cin gashin kansa, mazaunin kungiyoyin musulmin kasar Sin da dama, wadanda suka hada da Hui, Bonan, Dongxiang da Salar.
Hukumomin kasar Sin sun ce girgizar kasar ta kai maki 6.2 a ma’aunin Richter, yayin da hukumar binciken yanayin kasa ta Amurka (USGS) ta samu maki 5.9 da zurfin kilomita 10. Kimanin girgizar kasa 10 ta afku, kamar yadda hukumomin yankin suka sanar.
A ranar Talata ma, lardin Xinjiang da ke yammacin Gansu ya afku a girgizar kasa mai karfin awo 5.5 – sai dai ba a kai ga samun asarar rai ba.
A duk fadin yankin, wutar lantarki da ruwan sha sun lalace, lamarin da ya kawo cikas ga ayyukan ceto.
Jami’ai sun ce suna da iyakacin lokacin da ya rage don ceto mutanen da ke cikin yanayin da bai kai ba.
Shugaba Xi ya ce “ya kamata a yi duk mai yiwuwa wajen gudanar da bincike da ceto, da kula da wadanda suka jikkata a kan lokaci, da kuma rage yawan wadanda suka jikkata”.
Kasar Sin tana zaune a wani yanki inda farantin tectonic da yawa – musamman farantin Eurasian, Indiya da Pasifik – suka hadu, kuma yana da saurin kamuwa da girgizar kasa.
A watan Satumban da ya gabata, sama da mutane 60 ne suka mutu sakamakon girgizar kasa mai karfin awo 6.6 a lardin Sichuan da ke kudu maso yammacin kasar.
Girgizar kasa ta Gansu ita ce mafi muni da kasar Sin ta taba gani tun bayan girgizar kasar da ta afku a shekarar 2010 a Yushu da ke lardin Qinghai, wanda ya yi sanadiyar mutuwar mutane kusan 2,700.