In this photograph released by Xinhua News Agency, residents injured successful the aftermath of an earthquake get treated astatine the Luxian People's Hospital successful Luxian County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Thursday, Sept. 16, 2021. An earthquake collapsed homes, killed immoderate and injured others Thursday successful southwest China's Sichuan province, authorities media reported. (Gu Youcong/Xinhua via AP)

In this photograph released by Xinhua News Agency, residents injured successful the aftermath of an earthquake get treated astatine the Luxian People's Hospital successful Luxian County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Thursday, Sept. 16, 2021. An earthquake collapsed homes, killed immoderate and injured others Thursday successful southwest China's Sichuan province, authorities media reported. (Gu Youcong/Xinhua via AP) (Xinhua)

BEIJING – An earthquake collapsed homes, killed astatine slightest 2 radical and injured dozens Thursday successful southwest China's Sichuan province, authorities media reported.

Rescue enactment was underway pursuing the magnitude-6.0 earthquake.

It struck astatine 4:33 a.m. successful Luxian region astatine a extent of 10 kilometers (6 miles), the authoritative Xinhua News Agency said. State broadcaster CCTV said that 60 radical were injured, 3 seriously, and 35 houses had collapsed.

The epicenter was astir 200 kilometers (120 miles) southeast of Chengdu, the provincial capital.

Western China is regularly deed by earthquakes. A magnitude-7.9 quake successful May 2008 near astir 90,000 radical dormant successful Sichuan, galore of them successful collapsed schools and different poorly constructed buildings.

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