Southwest China earthquake collapses homes, kills at least 2

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In this photograph released by Xinhua News Agency, residents injured successful the aftermath of an earthquake get treated astatine the Luxian People's Hospital successful Luxian County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Thursday, Sept. 16, 2021. An earthquake collapsed homes, killed immoderate and injured others Thursday successful southwest China's Sichuan province, authorities media reported. (Gu Youcong/Xinhua via AP)

Posted at 10:20 PM, Sep 15, 2021

and past updated 2021-09-15 23:20:46-04

BEIJING (AP) — Chinese authorities media accidental an earthquake collapsed homes, killed astatine slightest 2 radical and injured dozens successful the southwestern state of Sichuan.

The magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck Luxian region aboriginal Thursday greeting and was astir 6 miles deep.

State broadcaster CCTV said 60 radical were injured, 3 seriously, and 35 houses had collapsed.

The epicenter was astir 120 miles southeast of Chengdu, the provincial capital. Rescue enactment was underway.

Western China is regularly deed by earthquakes.

A magnitude-7.9 quake successful 2008 near astir 90,000 radical dormant successful Sichuan, galore of them successful collapsed schools and different poorly constructed buildings.

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