Gansu province has 25 million people, about the same as Australia or Texas. Any time something bad happens in China (or a similarly densely packed place like India), it’s hard not to think about the scale and just hope for the best.

This is the best summary I could come up with:

At least 111 people died and another 220 were injured following an earthquake in north-west China on Monday, state media report.

The US Geological Survey (USGS) says the quake had a magnitude of 5.9 and a depth of 10km (six miles).

In a statement issued to officials, Chinese leader Xi Jinping said “all efforts should be made to carry out search and rescue, treat the injured in a timely manner, and minimise casualties”.

The central government has dispatched teams of rescue workers to assist local emergency personnel.

Power and water supplies have also been disrupted in parts of the region.

Last September, more than 60 people were killed when a 6.6-magnitude quake hit the southwestern Sichuan province.

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Damn, that’s terrible but at least it wasn’t worse.

Are we sure this wasn’t HAARP related? /s