The quake damaged more than 155,000 buildings and sent residents running into the freezing streets for safety. At a village near the epicentre, reporters saw huge cracks running through the exterior and interior walls of a brick home, and the roof of a building that had caved in completely. (In pic: A woman shows the damage to her home after an earthquake in Dahejia, Jishishan County in northwest China’s Gansu province on December 19, 2023.)
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