PHOTOS: 6.5-magnitude earthquake in China, more than 367 people killed
August 3, 2014
Rescuers and a villager walk past rubbles from destroyed houses following a massive earthquake in the town of Longtoushan in Ludian County in southwest China's Yunnan Province Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2014. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) ( China Earthquake )
Rescuers try to retrieve a trapped victim's body from a collapsed house following a massive earthquake in the town of Longtoushan in Ludian County in southwest China's Yunnan Province Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2014. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) ( China Earthquake )
Women grieve after the body of a child was found in a collapsed building at Longtoushan, in China's southwest Yunnan province on August 5, 2014. AFP PHOTO/Greg BAKER/AFP/Getty Images ( 532220747 )
In this photo provided by China's Xinhua News Agency, people walk past collapsed houses in the quake-hit Longtoushan township of Ludian county, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2014. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Xue Yubin) NO SALES ( China Earthquake )
This aerial photo provided by China's Xinhua News Agency shows the quake-hit Longtoushan town, Ludian county of Zhaotong, southwest China's Yunnan Province, after Sunday's earthquake Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2014. About 10,000 troops used pickaxes and backhoes to clear roads and dig residents from collapsed homes Tuesday after an earthquake in southwest China that killed hundreds of people. Groups of volunteers, meanwhile, used their bare hands. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Tao Liang) ( China Earthquake )
Villagers carry an injured woman in the quake-hit area on August 4, 2014 in Zhaotong, China. A 6.5-magnitude earthquake hit Zhaotong's Ludian county on August 3, killing at least 410 people. (Photo by ChinaFotoPress/ChinaFotoPress via Getty Images) ( 453208834 )
A man reacts in front of his collapsed house at the quake-hit area on August 4, 2014 in Zhaotong, China. A 6.5-magnitude earthquake hit Zhaotong's Ludian county on August 3, killing at least 410 people. (Photo by ChinaFotoPress/ChinaFotoPress via Getty Images) ( 453208838 )
Rescuers search for buried people at the quake-hit area on August 4, 2014 in Zhaotong, China. A 6.5-magnitude earthquake hit Zhaotong's Ludian county on August 3, killing at least 410 people. (Photo by ChinaFotoPress/ChinaFotoPress via Getty Images) ( 453208842 )
Rescuers prepare to carry away a young victim on a stretcher near a destroyed house following a massive earthquake in the town of Longtoushan in Ludian County in southwest China's Yunnan Province Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2014. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) ( China Earthquake )
Rescuers search for buried people at the quake-hit area on August 4, 2014 in Zhaotong, China. A 6.5-magnitude earthquake hit Zhaotong's Ludian county on August 3, killing at least 410 people. (Photo by ChinaFotoPress/ChinaFotoPress via Getty Images) ( 453208844 )
An aerial view of the quake-hit area is seen on August 4, 2014 in Zhaotong, China. A 6.5-magnitude earthquake hit Zhaotong's Ludian county on August 3, killing at least 410 people. (Photo by ChinaFotoPress/ChinaFotoPress via Getty Images) ( 453208846 )
Rescuers carry a victim's body at the quake-hit area on August 4, 2014 in Zhaotong, China. A 6.5-magnitude earthquake hit Zhaotong's Ludian county on August 3, killing at least 410 people. (Photo by ChinaFotoPress/ChinaFotoPress via Getty Images) ( 453208854 )
In this photo provided by China's Xinhua News Agency, teachers search for their belongings from the collapsed dormitories at Longquan Middle School in Longtoushan town of Ludian county, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2014. Ten-thousand Chinese soldiers are using pickaxes and backhoes in an ongoing effort to clear roads and dig residents from collapsed homes after Sunday's 6.1-magnitude earthquake in southwest China. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Xing Guangli) ( China Earthquake )
A rabbit sniffs around the rubble following a massive earthquake in the town of Longtoushan in Ludian County in southwest China's Yunnan Province Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2014. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) ( China Earthquake )
In this photo provided by China's Xinhua News Agency, people sit on the ruins of a house, damaged by a strong earthquake in Longtoushan township of Ludian county, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2014. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Zhang Guangyu) ( China Earthquake )
Villagers walks through rubbles from destroyed houses following a massive earthquake in the town of Longtoushan in Ludian County in southwest China's Yunnan Province Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2014. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) ( China Earthquake )
A rescuer walks past a school bag and other items laying on the rubbles of destroyed houses following a massive earthquake in the town of Longtoushan in Ludian County in southwest China's Yunnan Province Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2014. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) ( China Earthquake )
Rescue workers and volunteers deliver suppliers transported by a helicopter to the town of Longtoushan in Ludian county in southwest China's Yunnan province Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2014. (AP Photo) ( China Earthquake )
Rescuers help a villager to carry aTV set out of their destroyed house following a massive earthquake in the town of Longtoushan in Ludian County in southwest China's Yunnan Province Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2014. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) ( China Earthquake )
Rescuers move away the tools from the rubbles as they search for survivors following a massive earthquake in the town of Longtoushan in Ludian County in southwest China's Yunnan Province Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2014. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) ( China Earthquake )
Rescuers walk through rubbles from destroyed houses as they search for survivors following a massive earthquake in the town of Longtoushan in Ludian County in southwest China's Yunnan Province Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2014. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) ( China Earthquake )
A man carries his belongings following an earthquake at Longtoushan township of Ludian county in Zhaotong, southwest China's Yunnan province, on August 5, 2014. AFP PHOTOSTR/AFP/Getty Images ( 532220243 )
A woman walks over the debris of collapsed houses following an earthquake at Longtoushan township of Ludian county in Zhaotong, southwest China's Yunnan province, on August 5, 2014. AFP PHOTOSTR/AFP/Getty Images ( 532220235 )
Rescuers stand over the debris of collapsed houses following an earthquake in Longtoushan township of Ludian county in Zhaotong, southwest China's Yunnan province, on August 5, 2014. AFP PHOTOSTR/AFP/Getty Images ( 532220253 )
Rescuers recover a body from a collapsed house at Longtoushan, in China's southwest Yunnan province on August 5, 2014. AFP PHOTO/Greg BAKER/AFP/Getty Images ( 532220348 )
Supplies are offloaded from a military helicopter at Longtoushan, in China's southwest Yunnan province on August 5, 2014. AFP PHOTO/Greg BAKER/AFP/Getty Images ( 532220373 )
A rescuer walks past paramilitary policemen searching for survivors at a destroyed house following a massive earthquake in the town of Longtoushan in Ludian County in southwest China's Yunnan Province Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2014. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) ( APTOPIX China Earthquake )
A villager carries her belongings and walks through the rubbles from destroyed houses following a massive earthquake in the town of Longtoushan in Ludian County in southwest China's Yunnan Province Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2014. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) ( China Earthquake )
A villager stands at the rubbles following a massive earthquake in the town of Longtoushan in Ludian County in southwest China's Yunnan Province Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2014. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) ( China Earthquake )
In this photo provided by China's Xinhua News Agency, rescuers transfer an injured woman in the quake-hit Longquan village of Ludian county, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2014. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Xing Guangli) ( China Earthquake )
Rescuers make their way through a river with excavators in Longtoushan township of Ludian county in Zhaotong, southwest China's Yunnan province on August 5, 2014. AFP PHOTO STR/AFP/Getty Images ( 532219638 )
Relatives of 71-year-old family matriarch He Guixiu burn paper money beside her body in a ceremony after she was found in a collapsed house at Longtoushan, in China's southwest Yunnan province on August 5, 2014. AFP PHOTO/Greg BAKER/AFP/Getty Images ( 532214849 )
A man rides a motorbike through a narrow road surrounded by damaged houses in Longtoushan township of Ludian county in Zhaotong, southwest China's Yunnan province on August 5, 2014. More than 367 people died and nearly 2,000 were injured when a strong earthquake hit southwest China's mountainous Yunnan province, bringing homes crashing to the ground and sparking a massive relief operation. AFP PHOTO STR/AFP/Getty Images ( 532219643 )
Rescuers dig out the body of an earthquake victim buried in debris at Longtoushan township of Ludian county in Zhaotong, southwest China's Yunnan province, on August 5, 2014. AFP PHOTOSTR/AFP/Getty Images ( 532220749 )
A paramilitary policeman rests on the roof of a collapsed building after spending the day searching for earthquake victims at Longtoushan, in China's southwest Yunnan province on August 5, 2014. AFP PHOTO/Greg BAKER/AFP/Getty Images ( 532220364 )
This photo taken on August 4, 2014 shows an overhead view of a road buried by landslide after a 6.1 magnitude earthquake hit Ludian county in Zhaotong, in southwest China's Yunnan province. AFP PHOTOSTR/AFP/Getty Images ( 532223178 )
Relatives of 71-year-old matriarch He Guixiu react as her body is found in a collapsed house at Longtoushan, in China's southwest Yunnan province on August 5, 2014. AFP PHOTO/Greg BAKER/AFP/Getty Images ( 532220206 )
This picture taken on August 3, 2014 shows earthquake victims sitting by the street side at night in Ludian county, part of Zhaotong, in southwest China's Yunnan province. More than 367 people died and nearly 2,000 were injured when a strong earthquake hit southwest China's mountainous Yunnan province on August 3, bringing homes crashing to the ground and sparking a massive relief operation. STR/AFP/Getty Images ( 532184552 )
This picture taken on August 3, 2014 shows victims staying in the corridor of a hospital during the first night after a 6.1 magnitude earthquake hit Ludian county in Zhaotong, in southwest China's Yunnan province. More than 367 people died and nearly 2,000 were injured when a strong earthquake hit southwest China's mountainous Yunnan province on August 3, bringing homes crashing to the ground and sparking a massive relief operation. STR/AFP/Getty Images ( 532184542 )
Rescuers carry an injured child on a stretcher after a 6.1 magnitude earthquake hit the area in Ludian county in Zhaotong, southwest China's Yunnan province on August 3, 2014. The quake struck 11 kilometres (seven miles) west-northwest of the town of Wenping at a relatively shallow depth of 10 kilometres at 4:30 pm (0830 GMT). STR/AFP/Getty Images ( 532165414 )
Rescuers carry an injured child on a stretcher after a 6.1 magnitude earthquake hit the area in Ludian county in Zhaotong, southwest China's Yunnan province on August 3, 2014. The quake struck 11 kilometres (seven miles) west-northwest of the town of Wenping at a relatively shallow depth of 10 kilometres at 4:30 pm (0830 GMT). STR/AFP/Getty Images ( 532165416 )
Broken tiles sit scattered on the ground after a 6.1 magnitude earthquake hit the area in Ludian county in Zhaotong, southwest China's Yunnan province on August 3, 2014. The quake struck 11 kilometres (seven miles) west-northwest of the town of Wenping at a relatively shallow depth of 10 kilometres at 4:30 pm (0830 GMT). STR/AFP/Getty Images ( 532165419 )
In this photo taken by cellphone and released by China's Xinhua News Agency, men at rubbles of buildings look for survivors after an earthquake in Ludian County of Zhaotong City in southwest China's Yunnan Province Sunday, Aug. 3, 2014. A strong earthquake rattled southwest China on Sunday, knocking out communication and power lines and causing people to rush out of buildings, but there were no immediate reports of injuries. (AP Photo/Xinhua/Hu Chao) ( China Earthquake )
A man holds an injured child receiving medical treatment at a hospital following an earthquake in Ludian county in southwest China's Yunnan province Monday, Aug. 4, 2014. A strong earthquake in southern China's Yunnan province toppled thousands of homes on Sunday, killing hundreds and injuring more than a thousand people. (AP Photo) ( China Earthquake )
This picture taken on August 3, 2014 shows a nurse (C) walking past two injured children in a hospital corridor during the first night after a 6.1 magnitude earthquake hit Ludian county in Zhaotong, in southwest China's Yunnan province. More than 367 people died and nearly 2,000 were injured when a strong earthquake hit southwest China's mountainous Yunnan province on August 3, bringing homes crashing to the ground and sparking a massive relief operation. AFP PHOTOSTR/AFP/Getty Images ( 532184527 )
Local people evacuate the area after a 6.5-magnitude earthquake on August 3, 2014 in Zhaotong, Yunnan province of China. A 6.5-magnitude earthquake hit Zhaotong's Ludian county at a depth of 12 kilometers. The quake struck Longtoushan Township at 4:30 pm, Beijing time on Sunday, about 50 kilometers from the city center of Zhaotong. (Photo by ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images) ( 453141676 )
Residents gather near damaged houses following an earthquake in an area of Ludian county in Zhaotong in southwest China's Yunnan province on August 3, 2014. At least 150 people were killed and 1,300 injured after a strong earthquake hit southwest China's mountainous Yunnan province, state media said. The quake in Zhaotong prefecture, in the province's northeast, toppled buildings and left residents frantically searching for survivors beneath the rubble, images on social media showed. STR/AFP/Getty Images ( 532169007 )
This picture taken on August 3, 2014 shows a man (R) carrying an injured girl in a hospital during the first night after a 6.1 magnitude earthquake hit Ludian county in Zhaotong, in southwest China's Yunnan province. More than 367 people died and nearly 2,000 were injured when a strong earthquake hit southwest China's mountainous Yunnan province on August 3, bringing homes crashing to the ground and sparking a massive relief operation. STR/AFP/Getty Images ( 532184530 )
Armed police rescue the wounded after a 6.5-magnitude earthquake on August 3, 2014 in Zhaotong, Yunnan province of China. A 6.5-magnitude earthquake hit Zhaotong's Ludian county at a depth of 12 kilometers. The quake struck Longtoushan Township at 4:30 pm, Beijing time on Sunday, about 50 kilometers from the city center of Zhaotong. (Photo by ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images) ( 453141684 )
Armed police rescue the wounded after a 6.5-magnitude earthquake on August 3, 2014 in Zhaotong, Yunnan province of China. A 6.5-magnitude earthquake hit Zhaotong's Ludian county at a depth of 12 kilometers. The quake struck Longtoushan Township at 4:30 pm, Beijing time on Sunday, about 50 kilometers from the city center of Zhaotong. (Photo by ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images) ( 453141680 )
Armed police and a nurse rescue the wounded after a 6.5-magnitude earthquake on August 3, 2014 in Zhaotong, Yunnan province of China. A 6.5-magnitude earthquake hit Zhaotong's Ludian county at a depth of 12 kilometers. The quake struck Longtoushan Township at 4:30 pm, Beijing time on Sunday, about 50 kilometers from the city center of Zhaotong. (Photo by ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images) ( 453141670 )
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