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Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

Rescuers Scour for Survivors after Dozens Killed in China Quake

Rescue workers carry an injured person after a 6.6-magnitude earthquake struck China's southwestern Sichuan province on Monday STR CNS/AFP

Rescuers scoured through rubble for hundreds of missing people in parts of southwestern China on Tuesday after an earthquake killed more than 60, as local weather services warned rain was set to inundate the area.

The magnitude 6.6 quake hit about 43 kilometers (26 miles) southeast of the city of Kangding in Sichuan province at a depth of 10 kilometers on Monday, according to the US Geological Survey.

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