China activates level-IV emergency response to earthquake in Shandong

BEIJING, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- China's office of the State Council earthquake relief headquarters and the Ministry of Emergency Management activated a Level-IV emergency response after a 5.5-magnitude earthquake hit east China's Shandong Province at 2:33 a.m. Sunday (Beijing Time).

A working team has been dispatched to Shandong Province to guide rescue and relief work following the earthquake.