Officials launched an emergency response and dispatched rescue personnel to Gansu and Qinghai provinces just after 6.2 magnitude quake
At least 111 people have been killed in a magnitude 6.2 earthquake in north-west China’s Gansu and Qinghai provinces, according to the state news agency.
Xinhua said that 86 people had died in the province of Gansu and another nine in neighbouring Qinghai province in the quake, which occurred late on Monday evening. The total toll was later updated to 111.
