Earthquake in central China kills 14

A magnitude 5.7 earthquake shook part of central China on Saturday, killing at least 14 people and injuring nearly 400.

A magnitude 5.7 earthquake shook part of central China on Saturday, killing at least 14 people and injuring nearly 400.

The official Xinhua News Agency said the quake happened around 9 a.m. local time, with the epicenter in Ruichang, a city of 420,000 in Jiangxi province.

Hundreds of homes collapsed and thousands were damaged, Xinhua said.

"The earthquake this morning was quite scary," said a shopkeeper in Ruichang reached by telephone who would only give her surname Zhou.

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Many people in Ruichang were staying outside for fear of aftershocks. She said she felt a milder trembling of the earth around 1:00 p.m.

Tents were set up outside a hospital treating some of the 377 injured.

The United States National Earthquake Information Center reported the quake was magnitude 5.5.