At least 71 people are believed to have been killled and over 600 injured after an earthquake struck China's southwestern province of Sichuan.
Chinese news agency Xinhua said the quake, measured at varying magnitudes between 6.6 and 7.0, struck at 8.02am local time close to the city of Ya'an in Lushan county and the epicentre had a depth of eight miles (13km).
It set off landslides and destroyed buildings, and triggered a major rescue operation involving 2,000 troops.
An aerial view of damaged houses Lushan county The quake was felt strongly by residents in neighbouring provinces and in the provincial capital city of Chengdu, causing many to rush outside, according to accounts on China's Weibo microblogging service.
A resident in Chengdu said he was on the 13th floor of a building when he felt the quake. The building shook for about 20 seconds and he saw tiles fall from nearby buildings.
The quake struck close to where a massive tremor occurred in 2008, killing 68,000 people.
Residents take shelter in a public square in Chengdu Sky's Asia Correspondent Mark Stone said: "The huge earthquake in 2008 was magnitude 7.9 and at a depth of 12 miles. This latest quake has smaller magnitude and depth, but it is still very much a concern for people in Sichuan."
Local seismologists registered the quake at magnitude 7.0, while the US Geological Survey (USGS) gave it as 6.6.
USGS said "significant" casualties were likely and "extensive damage is probable and disaster is likely widespread".
"Past events with this alert level have required a national or international-level response," it added.
Earthquakes frequently strike the country's southwest.
The quake measured at a magnitude of approximately 6.5 The earthquake of 2008 flattened swathes of Chengdu province along with parts of neighbouring Shaanxi and Gansu.
Twin tremors in neighbouring Yunnan province last September triggered landslides that left at least 80 people dead.
A 5.5 magnitude quake in Yunnan last June killed four people and injured more than 100.
Another 5.4 tremor the year before near the border with Burma left 25 people dead and injured 250.
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