Dec. 18 (UPI) — More than 100 people have been killed in an earthquake that struck China’s north-western Gansu Province shortly before midnight Monday, state news reported Tuesday.
The China Earthquake Networks Center said in a statement that the temblor hit at 23:59 p.m. Monday, local time, in Jishan County at a depth of a little more than 6 miles.
It registered as a 6.2 magnitude strike, it said.
The death toll has reached at least 111 dead, including 100 in Gansu Province and 11 in neighboring Qinghai Province, according to China’s official Xinhua news agency.