Photos: Earthquake hits China
April 20, 2013
Injured people receive medical treatment at the People's Hospital after a strong magnitude earthquake hit Lushan county, Sichuan province, April 20, 2013, in this picture provided by Xinhua. The earthquake hit on Saturday morning, killing at least 102 people and injuring about 2,200. REUTERS/Xinhua/Jiang Hongjing ( CHINA-EARTHQUAKE/ )
Rescue workers load relief supplies onto a helicopter to be transported to the earthquake-hit area of Lushan county, at Chengdu airport, Sichuan province April 20, 2013. A strong 6.6 magnitude earthquake hit the remote, mostly rural and mountainous area of Lushan county in southwestern China's Sichuan province on Saturday, killing at least 156 people and injuring about 5,500 close to where a big quake killed almost 70,000 people in 2008. REUTERS/Stringer ( CHINA-EARTHQUAKE/ )
China's Premier Li Keqiang (C) visits after a strong earthquake hits Lushan county, Ya'an, Sichuan province, April 20, 2013. The 6.6 magnitude earthquake hit a remote, mostly rural and mountainous area of southwestern China's Sichuan province on Saturday, killing at least 102 people and injuring about 2,200 close to where a big quake killed almost 70,000 people in 2008. REUTERS/Stringer ( CHINA-EARTHQUAKE/ )
An injured man receives medical treatment at the People's Hospital after a strong earthquake hit Lushan county, Sichuan province, April 20, 2013, in this picture provided by Xinhua. The earthquake hit on Saturday morning, killing at least 102 people and injuring about 2,200. REUTERS/Xinhua/Jiang Hongjing ( CHINA-EARTHQUAKE/ )
A man carries an injured woman to a temporary treatment station following an earthquake in Lushan county in Ya'an in southwest China's Sichuan province Saturday, April 20, 2013. The powerful earthquake shook Chinaís Sichuan province Saturday morning, nearly five years after a devastating quake jolted the province. (AP Photo) ( China Earthquake )
In this photo released by China's Xinhua news agency, people carrying their belongings walk in quake-damaged Gucheng Village, Longmen Township, Lushan County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Saturday, April 20, 2013. A powerful earthquake struck the steep hills of Sichuan province Saturday, nearly five years after a devastating quake wreaked widespread damage across the region. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Fei Maohua) ( China Earthquake )
People sit near collapsed buildings after a strong 6.6 magnitude earthquake, at Longmen village, Lushan county, Ya'an, Sichuan province, April 20, 2013. The earthquake hit a remote, mostly rural and mountainous area of southwestern China's Sichuan province on Saturday, killing at least 102 people and injuring about 2,200 close to where a big quake killed almost 70,000 people in 2008. REUTERS/Stringer ( CHINA-EARTHQUAKE/ )
Rescuers carry a paralysed elderly person from his damaged house in Qingren township in seriously damaged Lushan county after a shallow earthquake at magnitude 7.0 hit the city of Ya'an, in southwest China's Sichuan province on April 20, 2013. More than 150 people were killed and 5,700 injured when a strong earthquake hit a mountainous part of southwestern China on April 20, destroying thousands of homes and triggering landslides. AFP/Getty Images ( 519077744 )
Rescuers try to remove rocks blocking a road after a strong earthquake of 6.6 magnitude hit Lushan county, Ya'an, Sichuan province April 20, 2013. The earthquake killed at least 56 people and injured about 600 close to where a big quake killed almost 70,000 people in 2008. REUTERS/Stringer ( CHINA-EARTHQUAKE/ )
People stand near a van on a road blocked by a large rock after a strong 6.6 magnitude earthquake, at Longmen village, Lushan county, Ya'an, Sichuan province April 20, 2013. The earthquake hit a remote, mostly rural and mountainous area of southwestern China's Sichuan province on Saturday, killing at least 102 people and injuring about 2,200 close to where a big quake killed almost 70,000 people in 2008. REUTERS/Stringer ( CHINA-EARTHQUAKE/ )
CHONGQUING, CHINA - APRIL 20: (CHINA OUT) Traffic is jammed after the earthquake-hit region of Southwest China's Sichuan Province on April 20, 2013 in Chongqing, China. A 7.0-magnitude earthquake rocked the Ya'an county of Sichuan province. (Photo by ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images) ( 167094462 )
An aerial view shows houses damaged after a strong earthquake in Lushan county, Ya'an, Sichuan province, April 20, 2013. At least fifty-six people were killed and more than 500 others injured in the earthquake, according to Xinhua News Agency. REUTERS/China Daily ( CHINA-EARTHQUAKE/ )
Residents stay outside damaged houses in Longmen township, an area very close to the epicenter of a shallow earthquake at magnitude 7.0 that hit the city of Ya'an, southwest China's Sichuan province on April 20, 2013. More than 100 people were killed and 3,000 injured when a strong earthquake shook southwest China on April 20, wrecking homes and triggering landslides in an area devastated by a major tremor in 2008. AFP PHOTOSTR/AFP/Getty Images ( 519071604 )
A girl gives offerings to the dead by the side of a badly damaged building in Longmen township, an area close to the epicenter of a shallow 7.0 magnitude earthquake that hit the city of Ya'an, southwest China's Sichuan province on April 20, 2013. More than 100 people were killed and 3,000 injured when a strong earthquake shook southwest China on April 20, wrecking homes and triggering landslides in an area devastated by a major tremor in 2008. AFP PHOTOSTR/AFP/Getty Images ( 519071279 )
An injured man rests at a temporary treatment station following an earthquake in Lushan county in Ya'an in southwest China's Sichuan province Saturday, April 20, 2013. The powerful earthquake shook Chinaís Sichuan province Saturday morning, nearly five years after a devastating quake jolted the province. (AP Photo) ( China Earthquake )
A rescue worker stands in front of damaged houses after a strong 6.6 magnitude earthquake, at Longmen village, Lushan county, Ya'an, Sichuan province April 20, 2013. The earthquake hit a remote, mostly rural and mountainous area of southwestern China's Sichuan province on Saturday, killing at least 102 people and injuring about 2,200 close to where a big quake killed almost 70,000 people in 2008. REUTERS/Stringer ( CHINA-EARTHQUAKE/ )
People stand outside a damaged house after a strong 6.6 magnitude earthquake hit, at Longmen village, Lushan county, Ya'an, Sichuan province April 20, 2013. The earthquake hit a remote, mostly rural and mountainous area of southwestern China's Sichuan province on Saturday, killing at least 102 people and injuring about 2,200 close to where a big quake killed almost 70,000 people in 2008. REUTERS/Stringer ( CHINA-EARTHQUAKE/ )
Rescue workers help pull out a pig from the rubble after a strong 6.6 magnitude earthquake hit the remote, mostly rural and mountainous Lushan county, Ya'an, Sichuan province, April 20, 2013. The earthquake on Saturday killed at least 156 people and injured about 5,500 close to where a big quake killed almost 70,000 people in 2008. REUTERS/Stringer ( CHINA-EARTHQUAKE/ )
YA'AN, CHINA - APRIL 20: A man walks across rubble caused by an earthquake which hit China's Sichuan Province on April 20, 2013 in Ya'an, Sichuan Province of China. The devastating earthquake hit the region in the morning claiming over 100 lives and injuring thousands. (Photo by ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images) ( 167096490 )
YA'AN, CHINA - APRIL 20: People receive medical assistance after a strong earthquake hit China's Sichuan Province on April 20, 2013 in Ya'an, Sichuan Province of China. The devastating earthquake hit the region in the morning claiming over 100 lives and injuring thousands. (Photo by ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images) ( 167096486 )
Residents help carry injured people to the hospital after an earthquake hit Ya'an City in Lushan County, southwest China's Sichuan province on April 20, 2013. The death toll from an earthquake on April 20 in China's southwestern Sichuan province has reached 100 with more than 2,000 others injured, government officials said. AFP PHOTOSTR/AFP/Getty Images ( 519071828 )
An injured woman looks up as she is being treated after a strong 6.6 magnitude earthquake hit the remote, mostly rural and mountainous Lushan county, Ya'an, Sichuan province, April 20, 2013. The earthquake on Saturday killed at least 156 people and injured about 5,500 close to where a big quake killed almost 70,000 people in 2008. REUTERS/Stringer ( CHINA-EARTHQUAKE/ )
Residents sit beside collapsed houses in Longmen township, an area close to the epicenter of a shallow 7.0 magnitude earthquake that hit the city of Ya'an, southwest China's Sichuan province on April 20, 2013. More than 100 people were killed and 3,000 injured when a strong earthquake shook southwest China on April 20, wrecking homes and triggering landslides in an area devastated by a major tremor in 2008. AFP PHOTOSTR/AFP/Getty Images ( 519071270 )
A clock hanging from a damaged building shows the time it stopped at about 7:50 in Longmen township, an area very close to the epicenter of a shallow earthquake at magnitude 7.0 that hit the city of Ya'an, southwest China's Sichuan province on April 20, 2013. The death toll from an earthquake on April 20 in China's southwestern Sichuan province has reached 100 with more than 2,000 others injured, government officials said. AFP PHOTOSTR/AFP/Getty Images ( 519071070 )
Rescuers carry a paralysed elderly person from his damaged house in Qingren township in seriously damaged Lushan county after a shallow earthquake at magnitude 7.0 hit the city of Ya'an, in southwest China's Sichuan province on April 20, 2013. More than 150 people were killed and 5,700 injured when a strong earthquake hit a mountainous part of southwestern China on April 20, destroying thousands of homes and triggering landslides. AFP/Getty Images ( 519077802 )
A rescuer carries a child to safety after she was pulled out of her collapsed home after an earthquake hit Ya'an City in Lushan county, southwest China's Sichuan province on April 20, 2013. More than 100 people were killed and 3,000 injured when a strong earthquake shook southwest China on April 20, wrecking homes and triggering landslides in an area devastated by a major tremor in 2008. AFP PHOTOSTR/AFP/Getty Images ( 519071641 )
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, center, shakes hands with one of rescuers as he visits a site damaged by an earthquake at a village in Lushan county, Ya'an, southwest China's Sichuan province Saturday, April 20, 2013. The powerful earthquake struck the steep hills of China's southwestern Sichuan province Saturday, nearly five years after a devastating quake wreaked widespread damage across the region. (AP Photo) ( China Earthquake )
A village woman reacts after her house was damaged by an earthquake in Lushan county, Ya'an, southwest China's Sichuan province on Saturday, April 20, 2013. The powerful earthquake struck the steep hills of China's southwestern Sichuan province Saturday, nearly five years after a devastating quake wreaked widespread damage across the region. (AP Photo) ( APTOPIX China Earthquake )
Nurses help an injured man at a temporary treatment station following an earthquake in Lushan county in Ya'an in southwest China's Sichuan province Saturday, April 20, 2013. The powerful earthquake shook Chinaís Sichuan province Saturday morning, nearly five years after a devastating quake jolted the province. (AP Photo) ( China Earthquake )
An injured man is treated at the Lushan People's hospital after a magnitude 7.0 earthquake hit the city of Ya'an, in southwest China's Sichuan province on April 20, 2013. More than 150 people were killed and 5,700 injured when a strong earthquake hit a mountainous part of southwestern China on April 20, destroying thousands of homes and triggering landslides in an area devastated by a major tremor in 2008. MARK RALSTON/AFP/Getty Images ( 519079396 )
An injured child receives treatment at the Lushan People's hospital after a magnitude 7.0 earthquake hit the city of Ya'an, in southwest China's Sichuan province on April 20, 2013. More than 150 people were killed and 5,700 injured when a strong earthquake hit a mountainous part of southwestern China on April 20, destroying thousands of homes and triggering landslides in an area devastated by a major tremor in 2008. MARK RALSTON/AFP/Getty Images ( 519079439 )
Local residents sleep outside the Lushan People's hospital after a magnitude 7.0 earthquake hit the city of Ya'an, in southwest China's Sichuan province on April 20, 2013. More than 150 people were killed and 5,700 injured when a strong earthquake hit a mountainous part of southwestern China on April 20, destroying thousands of homes and triggering landslides in an area devastated by a major tremor in 2008. MARK RALSTON/AFP/Getty Images ( 519079719 )
A rescue worker walks with a sniffer dog after a magnitude 7.0 earthquake hit the city of Ya'an, in southwest China's Sichuan province on April 20, 2013. More than 150 people were killed and 5,700 injured when a strong earthquake hit a mountainous part of southwestern China on April 20, destroying thousands of homes and triggering landslides in an area devastated by a major tremor in 2008. MARK RALSTON/AFP/Getty Images ( 519079790 )
Earthquake survivors queue for free water on April 22, 2013 Lushan of Ya An, Sichuan Province of China. A powerful earthquake struck the steep hills of China's southwestern Sichuan province on the morning of April 20, leaving at least 186 people dead and more than 11,000 injured. (Photo by ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images) ( 167183217 )
Chinese policemen patrol on April 22, 2013 in Baoxing county of Ya An, China. A magnitude 7 earthquake hit China's Sichuan province on April 20 claiming over 190 lives and injuring thousands. (Photo by Feng Li/Getty Images) ( 167183897 )
Two earthquake survivors eat instant noodles outside the tent in a middle school on April 22, 2013 in Baoxing county of Ya An, China. A magnitude 7 earthquake hit China's Sichuan province on April 20 claiming over 190 lives and injuring thousands. (Photo by Feng Li/Getty Images) ( 167184057 )
Members of a rescue team look for the earthquake survivors on April 22, 2013 in Baoxing county of Ya An, China. A magnitude 7 earthquake hit China's Sichuan province on April 20 claiming over 190 lives and injuring thousands. (Photo by Feng Li/Getty Images) ( 167190168 )
A car destroyed by boulders is seen on the way to BaoXing county, one of the hardest hit areas of the earthquake zone, on April 22, 2013 in Baoxing county of Ya An, China. (Photo by Feng Li/Getty Images) ( 167190219 )
Residents ride on a motorcycle past a damaged car on a street after Saturday's earthquake in Lingguan town of Baoxing county, Sichuan province April 21, 2013REUTERS/Suzie Wong ( CHINA-EARTHQUAKE )
A rescuer walks in front of a damaged building after Saturday's earthquake in Lingguan town of Baoxing county, Sichuan province April 22, 2013. REUTERS/Aly Song ( QUAKE-CHINA/ )
Children look out from inside a tent after Saturday's earthquake in Lingguan town of Baoxing county, Sichuan province April 22, 2013. REUTERS/Aly Song ( QUAKE-CHINA/ )
A rescue worker stands beside a truck crushed by a landslide, after Saturday's earthquake, near Lingguan town of Baoxing county, Sichuan province April 22, 2013. REUTERS/Aly Song ( QUAKE-CHINA/ )
Zhang Bin, a Chinese People's Liberation Army soldier carrying a 60-year-old survivor, looks up the mountainside as he makes his way down a stretch of the road to Lingguan township, which was recently cleared of debris from landslides caused by Saturday's earthquake, in Baoxing county in Ya'an, Sichuan province April 22, 2013. REUTERS/Jason Lee ( CHINA-EARTHQUAKE/ )
A survivor smokes near a damaged Buddha statue two days after an earthquake hit Lushan county of Ya'an, Sichuan province April 22, 2013. REUTERS/Jason Lee ( CHINA-EARTHQUAKE/ )
A resident carries furniture out of her damaged house after Saturday's earthquake in Lingguan town of Baoxing county, Sichuan province April 22, 2013. REUTERS/Aly Song ( CHINA-QUAKE )
A survivor carries her sleeping daughter as she walks past debris at a village up on the mountainside after Saturday's earthquake hit Lingguan township, in Baoxing county in Ya'an, Sichuan province April 22, 2013. REUTERS/Jason Lee ( CHINA-QUAKE/ )
A rescuer carries an injured survivor into a car near a landslide caused by Saturday's earthquake, on a road to Lingguan township, in Baoxing county in Ya'an, Sichuan province April 22, 2013. REUTERS/Jason Lee ( CHINA-QUAKE/ )
A man smokes a cigarette on his motorbike as he waits for the rescuers to clean up the road blocked by a landslide after Saturday's earthquake, in Baoxing county, Sichuan province April 22, 2013. REUTERS/China Daily ( CHINA-EARTHQUAKE/ )
A damaged car lies in the debris of a landslide caused by Saturday's earthquake on a road to Lingguan township, in Baoxing county in Ya'an, Sichuan province April 22, 2013. REUTERS/Jason Lee ( CHINA-QUAKE/ )
A rescuer looks on as excavators clean up a road which is blocked by a landslide after Saturday's earthquake, in Baoxing county, Sichuan province April 22, 2013.REUTERS/China Daily ( CHINA-EARTHQUAKE/ )
Rescue workers search through the rubble of a building destroyed by an earthquake in Qingyuan village of Baoxing county in southwestern China's Sichuan province, Monday, April 22, 2013. (AP Photo) ( China Earthquake )
Earthquake victims sleep in a stadium in the city of Ya'an, southwest China's Sichuan province ons April 22, 2013. Clogged roads, debris and landslides impeded rescuers on April 22 as they battled to find survivors of a powerful earthquake in mountainous southwest China that has left at least 188 dead. AFP PHOTOSTR/AFP/Getty Images ( 519121668 )
A little girl looks on from the window of a tent in the temporary settlement in Longmen township, a town close to the epicentre of the earthquake that hit the city in Ya'an, southwest China's Sichuan province on April 21, 2013. AFP PHOTO STR/AFP/Getty Images ( 519121733 )
This photo taken on April 21, 2013 shows two kids playing with a doll in a temporary settlement in the disaster-hit area of the city of Ya'an, southwest China's Sichuan province. STR/AFP/Getty Images ( 519121803 )
An elderly woman is treated at a triage center in Longmen village two days after a magnitude 7.0 earthquake hit Lushan, Sichuan Province on April 22, 2013. AFP PHOTO/Mark RALSTON/AFP/Getty Images ( 519122169 )
This photo taken on April 21, 2013 shows people running as rocks fall down from the mountain on the way to Baoxing county in Ya'an, southwest China's Sichuan province. STR/AFP/Getty Images ( 519122508 )
This photo taken on April 21, 2013 shows quake victims cooking food in a field in Ya'an, southwest China's Sichuan province. STR/AFP/Getty Images ( 519122510 )
This photo taken on April 21, 2013 shows a damaged car lying on the road in the disaster-hit area in Ya'an, southwest China's Sichuan province. STR/AFP/Getty Images ( 519123062 )
This photo taken on April 21, 2013 shows rescuers sleeping on the road in the disaster-hit area in Ya'an, southwest China's Sichuan province. STR/AFP/Getty Images ( 519123311 )
This photo taken on April 21, 2013 shows rescuers running to clear up roads in disaster-hit Ya'an, southwest China's Sichuan province. STR/AFP/Getty Images ( 519123648 )
This photo taken on April 21, 2013 shows a man running with his daughter on his back during aftershocks to avoid falling rocks on their way to the city of Ya'an, southwest China's Sichuan province. STR/AFP/Getty Images ( 519123858 )
This photo taken on April 21, 2013 shows residents carrying a coffin to the grave in disaster-hit Ya'an, southwest China's Sichuan province. STR/AFP/Getty Images ( 519123868 )
This photo taken on April 21, 2013 shows residents walking toward a grave with offerings in disaster-hit Ya'an, southwest China's Sichuan province. STR/AFP/Getty Images ( 519123873 )
This photo taken on April 21, 2013 shows trucks transporting escavators into the disaster-hit area in Ya'an, southwest China's Sichuan province. STR/AFP/Getty Images ( 519124564 )
This photo taken on April 21, 2013 shows volunteers entering the disaster-hit area on a truck in Ya'an, southwest China's Sichuan province. STR/AFP/Getty Images ( 519124573 )
This photo taken on April 21, 2013 shows a little girl holding a candle in her hands while people gather to pray for disaster-hit Yaan in Daqing, northeast China's Heilongjiang province. STR/AFP/Getty Images ( 519124868 )
Local residents leave a food distribution center near Longmen village after a magnitude 7.0 earthquake hit Lushan, Sichuan Province on April 22, 2013. AFP PHOTO/Mark RALSTON/AFP/Getty Images ( 519125778 )
Local residents search through rubble at their destroyed house near Longmen village after a magnitude 7.0 earthquake hit Lushan, Sichuan Province on April 22, 2013. AFP PHOTO/Mark RALSTON/AFP/Getty Images ( 519125786 )
This photo taken on April 21, 2013 shows the medical personnel having a rest in disaster-hit Ya'an, southwest China's Sichuan province. STR/AFP/Getty Images ( 519129138 )
Villagers carry the coffin of a man killed after a magnitude 7.0 earthquake hit Lushan, Sichuan Province on April 22, 2013. AFP PHOTO/Mark RALSTON/AFP/Getty Images ( 519129147 )
People charge their mobile phones at a relief center in the county seat of Lushan in southwestern China's Sichuan province, Monday, April 22, 2013. The tent village that sprang up in two days to house quake survivors in mountain-flanked Lushan is no ordinary refugee camp. China's full range of disaster response is on display: Trucks with x-ray equipment, phone-charging stations, bank tellers-on-wheels - even a tent for insurance claims. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) ( China Earthquake )
A worker from the State Grid company mans a truck, offering cell phone charging facilities in the earthquake struck county seat of Lushan in southwestern China's Sichuan province, Monday, April 22, 2013. China's full range of disaster response in the aftermath of Saturday's earthquake is on display: Trucks with x-ray equipment, phone-charging stations, bank tellers-on-wheels - even a tent for insurance claims. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) ( China Earthquake )
Chinese rescue workers survey a road destroyed by an earthquake in Baoxing county in southwestern China's Sichuan province, Monday, April 22, 2013. (AP Photo) ( China Earthquake )
A survivor looks up the mountainside as he runs past the debris of a landslide caused by Saturday's earthquake, on the side of a road to Lingguan township, in Baoxing county in Ya'an, Sichuan province April 22, 2013. Rescuers struggled to reach a remote, rural corner of southwestern China on Sunday as the toll of the dead and missing from the country's worst earthquake in three years climbed to 208 with almost 1,000 serious injuries. The 6.6 magnitude quake struck in Lushan county, near the city of Ya'an in the southwestern province of Sichuan, close to where a devastating 7.9 quake hit in May 2008, killing 70,000. REUTERS/Jason Lee ( CHINA-EARTHQUAKE/ )
This photo taken on April 21, 2013 shows people covering their mouths and noses to avoid dust while rocks fall down from mountains on their way home to the city of Ya'an, southwest China's Sichuan province. STR/AFP/Getty Images ( 519123854 )
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