Dozens killed in Sichuan earthquake

The powerful earthquake that set off landslides and shook buildings in southwestern China killed at least 65 people and injured hundreds, state media said on Tuesday.

At least 16 other people are missing a day after the 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck a mountainous area in Luding county in Sichuan province.

The quake shook buildings in the provincial capital of Chengdu, whose 21 million residents are already under a COVID-19 lockdown.

Power was knocked out and buildings were damaged in the historic town of Moxi in the Tibetan autonomous prefecture of Garze, where 37 people were killed.

Along with the deaths, authorities reported stones and soil falling from mountainsides, causing damage to homes and power interruptions.