A 6.6 earthquake struck south-western China, claiming 46 lives and injuring more than 600 people, according to state media reports.
6.6 magnitude earthquake which struck near Ya'an city, in Chengdu, Sichuan province, April 20, 2013.(Reuters / Stringer)
People walk on rubble after a 6.6 magnitude earthquake hit southwestern China's Sichuan province in this April 20, 2013.(Reuters / China Central Television)
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BEIJING (AP) — A powerful earthquake jolted China's Sichuan province Saturday near where a devastating quake struck five years ago, leaving at least 41 dead and more than 600 injured and prompting state media to warn the casualty toll could climb sharply.
The quake — measured by China's seismological bureau at magnitude-7 and the U.S. Geological Survey at 6.6 — struck the steep hills of Lushan county shortly after 8 a.m. toppling buildings, many of them older brick structures. Tiles fell from roofs, and pictures dropped from walls, sending people into the streets in their underwear and wrapped in blankets.
"Generally the quake felt much stronger than that from five years ago. Many decorations at home got smashed," said Zhao Zheng, a resident of Ya'an city, near the quake. He was reached by direct message on his Twitter-like microblog and said he was awakened by the earthquake.
The People's Daily newspaper said 41 people had been killed, including at least 28 in the epicenter of Lushan. Xu Mengjia, Communist Party secretary for Ya'an, which administers Lushan, told China Central Television that at least 32 people had been killed and
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