Five people were killed and 54 others injured after a 6.3-magnitude earthquake hit a heavily Tibetan region of southwest China’s Sichuan Province on Saturday.
Among the injured, six were in critical condition and another five suffering severe injuries.
The remaining 43 people sustained minor injuries, including 19 primary school pupils who got hurt in a stampede,
according to China’s (Xinhua) News Agency.
The quake struck late on Saturday, with the epicenter measured at the Tagong Prairie, Kangding County, in the Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Garze,
according to the China Earthquake Networks Center.
A total of 25,000 houses were damaged, affecting about 79,500 people and forcing 6,200 to relocate, according to the Garze prefecture government.