A strong earthquake has hit a mountainous region in south-western China near a famous national park, killing 13 people, injuring 175 others and crippling power and phone networks.

A strong earthquake in south western China has killed at least 26 people and injured 79.

A magnitude-6.8 earthquake has rocked China’s far western region of Xinjiang, the US Geological Survey said.

A 5.2 magnitude earthquake rocked a largely Tibetan region in north-west China yesterday, the official Xinhua news agency reported, more than a year after a 7.1 magnitude tremor killed 2,700 people in the same area.

China poured rescue workers and equipment into a mountainous Tibetan region today in a bid to find survivors after earthquakes killed more than 600 people and injured thousands.