At least 65 people are confirmed dead after an earthquake hit China’s southwestern Sichuan province on Monday.
The USGS said quake’s epicenter was about 43 kilometers (27 miles) southeast of Kangding, a city of around 100,000 people. Over a million residents in surrounding areas are estimated to have experienced moderate tremors in the aftermath of the quake, it added.
Some homes were severely damaged in the quake, with images appearing to show whole buildings had collapsed into piles of bricks and wooden beams.
Sichuan, a province of 84 million people, was already facing a very challenging summer before the powerful quake.
