Gansu earthquake: Over 120 killed in China's deadliest quake in 13 years

 Deadliest earthquake in a decade hits China, killing 120 people: Race to find survivors trapped beneath rubble after 6.2-magnitude tremor destroys buildings and sparks huge landslides

•  The quake hit the Gansu-Qinghai border region at midnight on Tuesday 
  
  
  

An overnight earthquake killed at least 118 people in a cold and mountainous region in northwestern China, in the nation's deadliest quake in a decade.

Rescuers are now in a race to find survivors trapped beneath rubble left in the wake of the 6.2-magnitude tremor, which destroyed buildings and sparked landslides.

Emergency authorities in Gansu province issued an appeal for 300 additional workers to comb through collapsed buildings and for other search and rescue operations. Officials in neighbouring Qinghai reported 20 people missing in a landslide, according to Chinese state-owned media.

The quake left more than 500 people injured, severely damaged houses and roads, and knocked out power and communication lines, provincial officials and media reports said.

It struck just before midnight on Monday near the boundary between the two provinces at a relatively shallow depth six miles, the China Earthquake Networks Center said. The US Geological Survey measured the magnitude at 5.9.

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