SW China earthquake collapses houses, killing at least 3

BEIJING (AFP) – An earthquake destroyed homes, killing at least three people and injuring dozens on Thursday in southwest China’s Sichuan Province.

Rescue work was underway following the 6.0-magnitude earthquake.

The official Xinhua News Agency said the missile struck at 4:33 am at a depth of 10 kilometers (6 miles) in Luxian County of Luzhou City. State broadcaster CCTV said 88 people were injured, three of them seriously, and that 35 houses collapsed.

The epicenter was 200 kilometers (120 miles) southeast of Chengdu, the provincial capital.

Xinhua reported that collapsed walls and houses were seen on the way to the epicenter, and electricity was cut off in most parts of Jiaming City. Residents can be seen cleaning up.

Xinhua said rescue workers were going from house to house in heavy rain, searching for people in damaged homes in Fuji Town to take them to temporary shelters. Workers distributed mooncakes, a traditional treat for next week’s Mid-Autumn Festival, and other food at a shelter.

Lai Jianrong, a Fuji resident, told Xinhua that she felt a slight tremor around 4 a.m. and ran out barefoot in a nightgown when the tremors intensified. “Some bricks fell off the wall and I did not dare to enter again,” the agency quoted her as saying.

CCTV said more than 3,200 people have been transferred to 79 shelters.

Western China is regularly exposed to earthquakes. A 7.9-magnitude earthquake in May 2008 killed nearly 90,000 people in Sichuan, many of them in collapsed schools and other poorly constructed buildings.

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