Twelve killed, over 100 injured in China earthquake 

Twelve people died and another 134were injured in two strong earthquakes in China, China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC) said on Tuesday.

According to local authorities, a 6.0-magnitude earthquake hit Changning County of Yibin in southwest China.

Eight died in Changning County and three others in Qixian County, the Yibin city government said in its Twitter-like Weibo account. Rescuers pulled six bodies and seven survivors from buildings, it added.

The area was hit by a series of at least four aftershocks, the largest of which had a magnitude of 5.1.

More than 300 firefighters have been dispatched to the scene. Rescue personnel were also sent with 5,000 tents, 10,000 folding cots and other emergency supplies, Xinhua reported.

The US Geological Survey put the magnitude of the main quake at 5.8, adding that "extensive damage is probable and the disaster is likely widespread".

Earthquakes regularly strike Sichuan, where a powerful 7.9-magnitude quake left 87,000 people dead or missing in 2008.

(With inputs from AFP)