The 6.2-magnitude earthquake that jolted China's Gansu at midnight Monday has killed 131 people in Gansu and neighboring Qinghai Province, said local authorities, SİA reports citing Reuters.
At 11:59 p.m. local time (1559 GMT) on Monday, the latest quake struck Jishishan county in Gansu at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), according to China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC).
The epicentre was 5 km from the border between Gansu and a neighbouring province, Qinghai, where strong tremors were also felt.
In Gansu, 105 were killed as of 7:50 a.m. Tuesday (2350 GMT Monday), and of 397 injured as of 9:30 a.m., 16 were in critical condition, provincial authorities told a news conference.
The death tally in Qinghai rose to at least 13 with 182 injured.
Officially, 20 people remained missing.
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