About 400 dead, 8,000 injured in 7.1-magnitude quake in China's Qinghai

16:43, April 14, 2010

A 7.1-magnitude earthquake hit northwest China's Qinghai Province early on Wednesday, the China Earthquake Networks Center said. (Xinhua/Meng Lijing)
About 400 people have died and 8,000 others were injured after a 7.1-magnitude earthquake hit northwest China's Qinghai Province early on Wednesday, said Huang Limin, deputy secretary-general of the Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture government.


Photo taken by mobile phone on April 14, 2010 shows the destroyed houses after an earthquake in the Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Yushu, northwest China's Qinghai Province. (Xinhua/Zhang Hongshuan)