.jpg)
At least 111 people were killed and another 220 injured following an earthquake on Monday night in north-west China.
The US Geological Survey (USGS) said it had a magnitude of 5.9 and depth of 10km (six miles).
The 5.9 magnitude quake struck Gansu province around midnight (16:00 GMT), bringing down buildings there and in Qinghai province to the south, reports BBC.
Emergency workers are braving freezing conditions to try and help people in the high-altitude area.
A second quake struck neighbouring Xinjiang hours later on Tuesday.
The damage from that 5.5 magnitude strike was not immediately clear.
Chinese President Xi Jinping has ordered full rescue efforts to Gansu.
Gansu lies between the Tibetan and Loess plateaus and borders Mongolia.
The Monday night quake struck the Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture, an administrative region for
Footage showed hospitals receiving patients, and rescuers searching through the rubble of collapsed buildings. Debris was also seen on the floors of rooms whose ceilings had partially collapsed.
Bd-pratidin English/Golam Rosul
