China's worst earthquake in three years killed at least 157 people and injured more than 5700 (Michael Martina, Reuters, 20 April 2013). The magnitude 6.6 quake (Fig. 1) hit a remote mountainous area of southwestern China's Sichuan province close to where an earthquake killed almost 70 000 people in 2008. The quake struck in Lushan county, near the city of Ya'an, at a depth of 12 km, the US Geological Survey said. It was felt in the provincial capital, Chengdu, and in neighbouring provinces, causing many people to rush out of buildings. Most of the deaths were concentrated in Lushan. Pictures on Chinese news sites showed toppled buildings and people in bloodied bandages being treated in tents outside the hospital.
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