The death toll has risen to 615 and more than 1,088,400 others have been affected by this 6.5-magnitude earthquake in Southwest China's Yunnan Province. Why has the Ludian Earthquake led to so many injuries and deaths?
Time: 4:30 p.m. Sunday (Beijing Time),Aug.3,2014
Magnitude: 6.5
Location:
Longtoushan Township, 23 km southwest of the county seat of Ludian, in Zhaotong City,Yunnan Province