 Search and rescue teams were digging through the rubble left by a deadly earthquake in China's remote northwest on December 19, as around 2,200 emergency personnel were dispatched to the affected region where at least 111 people were killed. According to Chinese state media.a magnitude 6.2 earthquake jolted a remote and mountainous county on the northern edge of the Qinghai-Tibetan plateau around midnight on Tuesday, state media reported a rescue personnel from the provincial fire department end. The earthquake brigade as well as professional emergency rescue teams were dispatched to the disaster zone, Xinhua reported, adding that the military and police were also engaged in rescue work.as the disaster area is in a high altitude region where the weather is cold, rescue efforts were working to prevent secondary disasters caused by factors beyond the quake, Xinhua added. Yesterday night, the rescue team was sent to the disaster zone overnight. Today, the rescue personnel will continue to enter the disaster zone.