Death toll from south-western China earthquake rises to 65

The death toll of a 6.8 magnitude earthquake that shook China’s south-western province of Sichuan has reached at least 65 (Cheng Xueli/Xinhua/AP)

The death toll of a 6.8 magnitude earthquake that shook China’s south-western province of Sichuan has reached at least 65.

At least 16 other people are missing a day after the earthquake struck a mountainous area in Luding county, which sits on the edge of the Tibetan Plateau where tectonic plates meet and is hit regularly by quakes.