Earthquake hits China's southwest

A powerful earthquake hit China's southwestern Sichuan province on April 20, 2013. At least 113 people are dead and more than 2,600 injured. The earthquake measured a 6.6 magnitude according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

Left: A rescuer carries a child to safety after being pulled out of her collapsed home, following an earthquake in Baosheng Township in southwest China's Sichuan Province, April 20, 2013.

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Rescuers save an injured woman after an earthquake hit Baosheng Township in southwest China's Sichuan Province, April 20, 2013.

The earthquake comes almost five years ago when 90,000 people were killed or went missing in a 7.9-magnitude earthquake in 2008.

Nurses help an injured man at a temporary treatment station following an earthquake in Baosheng Township in southwest China's Sichuan Province, April 20, 2013.

A village woman reacts after her house was damaged by an earthquake in Baosheng Township in southwest China's Sichuan Province, April 20, 2013.

This aerial photo shows houses destroyed after a powerful earthquake hit Baosheng Township in southwest China's Sichuan Province, April 20, 2013.

Residents help carry injured people to the hospital after an earthquake hit Baosheng Township in southwest China's Sichuan Province, April 20, 2013.

Motorists continue to go by despite damage to the earth below following a 6.6-magnitude earthquake that hit Baosheng Township in southwest China's Sichuan Province, April 20, 2013.

A man sits in front of houses destroyed by an earthquake in Baosheng Township in southwest China's Sichuan Province, April 20, 2013.

An injured man rests at a temporary treatment station following an earthquake in Baosheng Township in southwest China's Sichuan Province, April 20, 2013.

A huge rock blocks the road after an earthquake hit Baosheng Township in southwest China's Sichuan Province, April 20, 2013.

Rescuers sit on the ruins of a house after an earthquake in Baosheng Township in southwest China's Sichuan Province, April 20, 2013.

Residents sit beside collapsed houses, destroyed by a powerful earthquake, in Baosheng Township in southwest China's Sichuan Province, April 20, 2013.

Huge rocks lie on a road following a huge earthquake that hit Baosheng Township in southwest China's Sichuan Province, April 20, 2013.

Women give offerings to the dead by the side of ruins following an earthquake in Baosheng Township in southwest China's Sichuan Province, April 20, 2013.

People walk near rubble after a 6.6 magnitude earthquake hit Baosheng Township in southwest China's Sichuan Province, April 20, 2013.

A clock hanging from a damaged building shows the time stopped at about 7:50 in Longmen township, an area very close to the epicenter of an 6.6 magnitude earthquake that rocked Baosheng Township in southwest China's Sichuan Province, April 20, 2013.

A man carries an injured woman to a temporary treatment station following an earthquake in Baosheng Township in southwest China's Sichuan Province, April 20, 2013.

Medical personnel offer help to an injured woman in the aftermath of an earthquake in Baosheng Township in southwest China's Sichuan Province, April 20, 2013.

Damaged houses are seen in Baosheng Township in southwest China's Sichuan Province, April 20, 2013, following a 6.6-magnitude earthquake.

Residents take shade under a shelter after an earthquake hit Baosheng Township in southwest China's Sichuan Province, April 20, 2013.

Damaged houses are seen by a roadside after an earthquake hit the area in Baosheng Township in southwest China's Sichuan Province, April 20, 2013.

Chinese Primer Li Keqiang arrives in Baosheng Township in southwest China's Sichuan Province, April 20, 2013, following an immense earthquake.

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang shakes hands with one of the rescuers as he visits a site damaged by an earthquake in the village of Baosheng Township in southwest China's Sichuan Province, April 20, 2013.

A car destroyed by boulders is seen on the way to BaoXing county, in southwest China's Sichuan Province on April 22, 2013.

A person walks among bricks from fallen buildings after an earthquake in Baosheng Township in southwest China's Sichuan Province, April 20, 2013.

Residents rest outside damaged houses following an earthquake in Baosheng Township in southwest China's Sichuan Province, April 20, 2013.

Emergency personnel work to rescue a child from her collapsed home after an earthquake hit Baosheng Township in southwest China's Sichuan Province, April 20, 2013.

Rescuers sit on ruins of a house, destroyed in an earthquake in Baosheng Township in southwest China's Sichuan Province, April 20, 2013.

Rubble from a collapsed building spills onto the sidewalk as people and cars make their way along a street following a strong earthquake in Baosheng Township in southwest China's Sichuan Province, April 20, 2013.

Buildings destroyed by a powerful earthquake are seen in Baosheng Township in southwest China's Sichuan Province, April 20, 2013.

People try to get along a road blocked by a landslide following a powerful earthquake in Baosheng Township in southwest China's Sichuan Province, April 20, 2013.

Students gather outside their school buildings to avoid aftershocks of an earthquake, in Baosheng Township in southwest China's Sichuan Province, April 20, 2013.

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