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Deadly earthquake strikes southern China 5/11/2019
Rescue efforts are ongoing after a magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck Sichuan province in southwest China late Monday night, local government officials said. The second China International Import Expo will be held at the National Exhibition and Convention Center in Shanghai from November 5 to 10, 2019.For further information about China International Import Expo, please visit: https://www.shine.cn/China-International-Import-Expo/.Find the latest breaking shanghai news, photos, videos and featured stories on china earthquake. SHINE provides trusted national and world news as well as local and regional perspectives.
The death toll had risen to 12 on Tuesday, with 135 injured, and more than 4,000 locals having to relocate due to the quake.
According to the China Earthquake Networks Center, the earthquake struck at a depth of 16 kilometers (10 miles). Its epicenter was located outside Yibin, a city with a population of over 4.4 million.
China's official Xinhua news agency reported that a hotel in Changning county had collapsed. 
A number of other structures were also damaged as mud and rock slipped down from a hill, blocking a road and encompassing a truck, as seen on state broadcaster CCTV.The national broadcaster also had footage of rescuers pulling a survivor out of another collapsed building on a stretcher.
The area was hit by a series of aftershocks, the largest of which had a magnitude of over 5.0. 
Xinhua reported that rescue efforts were underway. Rescue personnel and some 300 firefighters were sent to the area to provide aid and shelter to victims.
Read more: Scores feared dead as strong quakes hit China's southwest and northwest regions
Earthquakes regularly strike Sichuan, where a powerful 7.9-magnitude quake left 87,000 people dead or missing in 2008.The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said a strong earthquake has hit Sichuan province in southwestern China. USGS warned there could be damage and casualties.

Reuters reports at least one person has died and that multiple people were rescued from building rubble.

The USGS says the earthquake hit late Monday about 12 miles from the city of Changning. It says it was centered at a fairly shallow depth of 6 miles. Shallow earthquakes tend to cause more damage to buildings and infrastructure.An aftershock measuring magnitude 5.2 later hit near the same area, the USGS said.

The Beijing Youth Daily said some people had been injured, but that could not be immediately confirmed. The emergency management ministry said firefighters have been sent to the area as rescuers.

A 1976 earthquake centered in the northeastern city of Tangshan killed at least 250,000 people. China's worst earthquake in recent years struck the mountainous western portion of Sichuan province in 2008, killing nearly 90,000 people.

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