An earthquake in northwestern China kills at least 131 people and is the deadliest in 9 years

"A strong overnight earthquake rattled a mountainous region of northwestern China,

authorities said Tuesday, reducing homes to rubble, leaving residents outside in a below-freezing winter night and killing 131 people in the nation’s deadliest quake in nine years.
The magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck just before midnight on Monday, injuring more than 700 people, damaging roads and knocking out power and communication lines in Gansu and Qinghai provinces, officials and Chinese media reports said." AP