China Earthquake Today – Latest Death Count

It was reported few hours ago that the Chinese province of Qinghai was hit by a strong earthquake, a magnitude of 7.1. In today’s China earthquake, the number of deaths has rose to at least 400. There are also thousands of injured people.

The Wednesday quake, which struck at 7:49 a.m. local time (2349 GMT, 7:49 p.m. EDT), was centered on Yushu county, in the southern part of Qinghai, near Tibet, with a population of about 100,000, mostly herders and farmers.

A local military official, Shi Huajie, told CCTV rescuers were working with limited equipment.