China’s seismological bureau says nearly 850 aftershocks had been recorded as of 12:40 a.m. on Sunday. A total of 160 people have been killed in southwest China’s Sichuan province.
The city of Ya'an is around 120 kilometers from Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan province. It lies between the Sichuan basin and the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. The city has a population of 1.53 million people.
A large earthquake that's hit southwest China and the China Earthquake Networks Center says a magnitude 7.0-tremor hit Lushan county in Ya’an city in Sichuan province early today.