四川长宁发生6.0级地震
Eleven people were killed and another 122 were injured after a 6.0-magnitude earthquake rattled Changning County of Yibin City in southwest China's Sichuan Province at 10:55 p.m. Monday(Beijing Time), according to local authorities.
北京时间周一晚10点55分，四川宜宾长宁县发生6.0级地震，11人丧生、122人受伤。
The epicenter, with a depth of 16 km, was monitored at 28.34 degrees north latitude and 104.90 degrees east longitude, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC).
Three people died in Changning and 21 others were injured there, the local government said.
In neighboring Gongxian County, three people were killed and 54 injured, according to the county government. The injured have been rushed to hospital for treatment and are not in critical conditions.
The Ministry of Emergency Management has activated an emergency response and sent a work team to the stricken areas to provide guidance in rescue and disaster relief.
The ministry and the National Food and Strategic Reserves Administration have dispatched 5,000 tents, 10,000 folding beds and 20,000 quilts to the quake-hit areas.
Some 302 fire fighters with 63 fire fighting trucks from Sichuan Province have rushed to the scene for investigation and rescue, said the ministry.