China’s Xinjiang hit by 6.3-magnitude quake: USGS August 9, 2017 by shameen Tourists wait to be evacuated after an earthquake in Jiuzhaigou in China’s southwestern Sichuan province on August 9, 2017. At least 13 people were killed when a 6.5-magnitude earthquake struck southwestern China, authorities said on August 9, but the toll was expected to climb as news trickles out of the remote mountainous region. / AFP PHOTO / STR / China OUT A woman, injured during an earthquake, receives medical assistance at Mianyang Central Hospital in Mianyang in China’s southwestern Sichuan province on August 9, 2017, after an 6.5-magnitude earthquake struck the province late on August 8. China on August 9 evacuated tens of thousands people in its mountainous southwest after a strong earthquake killed at least 19 people and rattled a region where memories of a 2008 seismic disaster remain fresh. / AFP PHOTO / STR / China OUT An injured woman arrives at Mianyang Central Hospital in Mianyang in China’s southwestern Sichuan province on August 9, 2017, after an 6.5-magnitude earthquake struck the province late on August 8. China on August 9 evacuated tens of thousands people in its mountainous southwest after a strong earthquake killed at least 19 people and rattled a region where memories of a 2008 seismic disaster remain fresh. / AFP PHOTO / STR / China OUT Chinese paramilitary police recover a victim from a wrecked tour bus in Jiuzhaigou in China’s southwestern Sichuan province on August 9, 2017, after an 6.5-magnitude earthquake struck the province late on August 8. China on August 9 evacuated tens of thousands people in its mountainous southwest after a strong earthquake killed at least 19 people and rattled a region where memories of a 2008 seismic disaster remain fresh. / AFP PHOTO / STR / China OUT Tourists wait to be evacuated after an earthquake in Jiuzhaigou in China’s southwestern Sichuan province on August 9, 2017. China on August 9 evacuated tens of thousands people in its mountainous southwest after a strong earthquake killed at least 19 people and rattled a region where memories of a 2008 seismic disaster remain fresh. / AFP PHOTO / STR / China OUT Rescuers transfer a survivor, injured during an earthquake, by a helicopter to Sichuan Provincial People’s Hospital in Jiuzhaigou in China’s southwestern Sichuan province on August 9, 2017. China on August 9 evacuated tens of thousands people in its mountainous southwest after a strong earthquake killed at least 19 people and rattled a region where memories of a 2008 seismic disaster remain fresh. / AFP PHOTO / STR / China OUT