Part of the Great Wall of China. Archival photo MOSCOW, Jan 9 A small section of the Great Wall of China, about two meters long, collapsed in an earthquake in Qinghai province on Saturday, according to the Global Times. “Two meters of the Great Wall of China collapsed in Shandan County the northwestern province of Gansu, which is 114 kilometers from the epicenter, «the publication says. It is noted that the authorities after the earthquake inspected cultural attractions and found a collapse site on the wall, this site is attributed to the time of the Ming Empire (1368 -1644 years). The specialists installed the necessary supports and began repair and restoration work. According to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center (EMSC), the magnitude of the earthquake was 6.3 points. At the same time, local experts, the newspaper notes, indicate that the magnitude was 6.9. The earthquake occurred in a sparsely populated area, but the shocks were felt by residents of some large cities. Nine people were injured in the earthquake, eight of them have already been discharged from the hospital.
