Rescue efforts under way after fatal China earthquake
A 6.0 magnitude earthquake and a 5.1 magnitude aftershock struck in Yibin in China.
Rescue efforts are under way after an earthquake in south-western China left 12 people dead and 135 others injured.
Hundreds of firefighters arrived early on Tuesday and rescued at least eight trapped people, the Chinese Ministry of Emergency Management said.
State broadcaster CCTV showed soldiers using a chainsaw to cut through a wooden door and rescue a couple under a fallen kitchen wall.
More than 4,400 people have been evacuated after 73 houses collapsed.
A major highway and sections of other roads were closed, Xinhua said. CCTV showed a landslide down a hill and onto a road.
Sichuan emergency management said direct economic losses exceeded 10 million yuan (£1.1 million).
A 6.0 magnitude earthquake and a 5.1 magnitude aftershock struck the area in Sichuan province late on Monday night. Aftershocks continued into Tuesday morning.
The hardest-hit area appeared to be Changning country, part of Yibin city. CCTV reported that a hospital in Changning transferred all of its patients because of building damage.
