The rescue site in Quan'an Town, Neijiang City, southwest China's Sichuan Province (Video provided by Neijiang firefighters)
1 dead, 29 injured after a 5.4-magnitude earthquake hit southwest China's Sichuan Province on Sunday. Rescue work is going on.
CHENGDU, Sept. 8 (Xinhua) -- The latest on the earthquake in Neijiang City, southwest China's Sichuan Province: (all times local)
10:00 a.m. on Sunday
One was killed and 29 others were injured as of 10 a.m. after a 5.4-magnitude earthquake jolted Weiyuan County of Neijiang City in southwest China's Sichuan Province at 6:42 a.m. Sunday, local government said.
The injured people have been hospitalized, and two of them are in serious conditions, according to the emergency management bureau of Neijiang.
At least 17 houses collapsed and another 215 were damaged in the earthquake, bureau said.
The epicenter, with a depth of 10 km, was monitored at 29.55 degrees north latitude and 104.79 degrees east longitude, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC).
Rescue work is going on.
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6:42 a.m. on Sunday
BEIJING, Sept. 8 (Xinhua) -- A 5.4-magnitude earthquake jolted Weiyuan County of Neijiang City in southwest China's Sichuan Province at 6:42 a.m. Sunday, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC).
The epicenter, with a depth of 10 km, was monitored at 29.55 degrees north latitude and 104.79 degrees east longitude, the center said in a statement.
