At least 150 people have been killed and more than 1,400 injured by an earthquake in southwest China.
China's state media reported the casualties after the quake toppled more than 12,000 homes in Yunnan province.
The US Geological Survey said it was of 6.3 magnitude, while China Earthquake Networks Centre measured it at 6.5.
Thousands of homes have been toppled near the epicentre in Ludian Ma Liya, a resident of Ludian county, which was at the epicentre, said the streets were like "battlefield after bombardment".
She added that her neighbour's house, a new two-story building, had toppled.
The earthquake hit at a depth of six miles at about 4.30pm (9.30am UK time).
Pictures posted online by state media showed troops stretchering people away.
Photos on the Chinese social media site Weibo showed several people apparently injured amid toppled bricks.
Power lines and communications have been badly affected by the strongest earthquake to hit Yunnan in 14 years.
Communications in the area have been hampered In 1970, a magnitude-7.7 earthquake in Yunnan killed at least 15,000 people, and a magnitude-7.1 quake in the province killed more than 1,400 in 1974. In September 2012, 81 people died and 821 were injured in a series of quakes in the Yunnan region.
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