Earthquake in China

Agencies Published April 20, 2013
A rescuer (C) carries a child to safety after she was pulled out of her collapsed home after the earthquake hit Ya'an City. —Photo by AFP
A rescuer (C) carries a child to safety after she was pulled out of her collapsed home after the earthquake hit Ya'an City. —Photo by AFP
A rescuer carries a child to safety. —Photo by AFP
A rescuer carries a child to safety. —Photo by AFP
A woman (R) holding a distressed child in Longmen. —Photo by AFP
A woman (R) holding a distressed child in Longmen. —Photo by AFP
A clock hanging from a damaged building shows the time it stopped at about 7:50 in Longmen township. —Photo by AFP
A clock hanging from a damaged building shows the time it stopped at about 7:50 in Longmen township. —Photo by AFP
A man sits in front of the houses destroyed by the earthquake. The powerful earthquake shook China’s Sichuan province Saturday morning. —Photo by AP
A man sits in front of the houses destroyed by the earthquake. The powerful earthquake shook China’s Sichuan province Saturday morning. —Photo by AP
An aerial view shows houses damaged after a strong earthquake in Lushan county, Ya'an, Sichuan province. —Photo by Reuters
An aerial view shows houses damaged after a strong earthquake in Lushan county, Ya'an, Sichuan province. —Photo by Reuters
Injured people receive medical treatment at the People's Hospital after a strong magnitude earthquake hit Lushan county, Sichuan province. —Photo by Reuters
Injured people receive medical treatment at the People's Hospital after a strong magnitude earthquake hit Lushan county, Sichuan province. —Photo by Reuters
Rescuers sit on ruins of a house in Longmen township, an area very close to the epicenter. —Photo by AFP
Rescuers sit on ruins of a house in Longmen township, an area very close to the epicenter. —Photo by AFP
People stand outside a damaged house after the earthquake hit Longmen village, Lushan county, Ya'an, Sichuan province. —Photo by Reuters
People stand outside a damaged house after the earthquake hit Longmen village, Lushan county, Ya'an, Sichuan province. —Photo by Reuters

A strong 6.6 magnitude earthquake hits a remote, mostly rural and mountainous area of southwestern China's Sichuan province, nearly five years after a devastating quake jolted the very province, killing at least 102 people and injuring about 2,200. —Photos by Agencies

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