Houses are cracking and crumbling: China rocked by a powerful earthquake, many casualties and wounded

In China, a magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck a remote mountainous county on the northern edge of Qinghai around midnight Tuesday. Tibetan plateau. Hundreds of casualties and injuries are known.

So, at least 111 people died as a result of the earthquake. Another 230 were injured, Chinese state media reported.

According to the China Earthquake Center (CENC), the earthquake struck Zishan County in northwestern China's Gansu Province at 11:59 p.m. local time (15:59 GMT) on Monday at a depth of 10 kilometers.