Disaster relief works implemented after earthquake hits Xinjiang

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Rescuers give first aid in Jiashi County in Kashgar Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Aug. 12, 2011. Various disaster relief works have been implemented after a 5.8-magnitude earthquake hit Xinjiang Thursday afternoon. (Xinhua/Gao Xingsheng)

Rescuers provide people with food and drinking water in Jiashi County in Kashgar Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Aug. 12, 2011. Various disaster relief works have been implemented after a 5.8-magnitude earthquake hit Xinjiang Thursday afternoon. (Xinhua/Mao Yong)

Rescuers help people clean the remains of houses in Jiashi County in Kashgar Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Aug. 12, 2011. Twenty-one people were left injured after a 5.8-magnitude earthquake hit Xinjiang Thursday afternoon, local authorities said Friday. The quake, which rocked a border area between the region's city of Atux in the Kizilsu Kirgiz Autonomous Prefecture and Kashgar Prefecture at about 6 p.m. on Thursday, also toppled 147 houses and severely damaged 171 others, a spokesman with the Kashgar Prefecture government said. (Xinhua/Wang Wenbo)

Rescuers help people clean the remains of houses in Jiashi County in Kashgar Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Aug. 12, 2011. Twenty-one people were left injured after a 5.8-magnitude earthquake hit Xinjiang Thursday afternoon, local authorities said Friday. The quake, which rocked a border area between the region's city of Atux in the Kizilsu Kirgiz Autonomous Prefecture and Kashgar Prefecture at about 6 p.m. on Thursday, also toppled 147 houses and severely damaged 171 others, a spokesman with the Kashgar Prefecture government said. (Xinhua/Wang Wenbo)

Police officers help people move the furniture in Jiashi County in Kashgar Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Aug. 12, 2011. Twenty-one people were left injured after a 5.8-magnitude earthquake hit Xinjiang Thursday afternoon, local authorities said Friday. The quake, which rocked a border area between the region's city of Atux in the Kizilsu Kirgiz Autonomous Prefecture and Kashgar Prefecture at about 6 p.m. on Thursday, also toppled 147 houses and severely damaged 171 others, a spokesman with the Kashgar Prefecture government said. (Xinhua/Wang Wenbo)

Local people are seen cleaning up their damaged house in Jiashi County in Kashgar Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Aug. 12, 2011. Various disaster relief works have been implemented after a 5.8-magnitude earthquake hit Xinjiang Thursday afternoon. (Xinhua/Mao Yong)

Rescuers help people set up a temporary living area in Jiashi County in Kashgar Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Aug. 12, 2011. Twenty-one people were left injured after a 5.8-magnitude earthquake hit Xinjiang Thursday afternoon, local authorities said Friday. The quake, which rocked a border area between the region's city of Atux in the Kizilsu Kirgiz Autonomous Prefecture and Kashgar Prefecture at about 6 p.m. on Thursday, also toppled 147 houses and severely damaged 171 others, a spokesman with the Kashgar Prefecture government said. (Xinhua/Wang Wenbo)

People prepare to live in a temporary tent in Jiashi County in Kashgar Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Aug. 12, 2011. Twenty-one people were left injured after a 5.8-magnitude earthquake hit Xinjiang Thursday afternoon, local authorities said Friday. The quake, which rocked a border area between the region's city of Atux in the Kizilsu Kirgiz Autonomous Prefecture and Kashgar Prefecture at about 6 p.m. on Thursday, also toppled 147 houses and severely damaged 171 others, a spokesman with the Kashgar Prefecture government said. (Xinhua/Wang Wenbo)

 

People prepare to live in a temporary tent in Jiashi County in Kashgar Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Aug. 12, 2011. Twenty-one people were left injured after a 5.8-magnitude earthquake hit Xinjiang Thursday afternoon, local authorities said Friday. The quake, which rocked a border area between the region's city of Atux in the Kizilsu Kirgiz Autonomous Prefecture and Kashgar Prefecture at about 6 p.m. on Thursday, also toppled 147 houses and severely damaged 171 others, a spokesman with the Kashgar Prefecture government said. (Xinhua/Wang Wenbo)

Staff members work to repair local power system in Jiashi County in Kashgar Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Aug. 12, 2011. Various disaster relief works have been implemented after a 5.8-magnitude earthquake hit Xinji

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