Four people died in an earthquake in China

The number of earthquake victims in the city of Ya'an, Sichuan province in southwestern China on Wednesday increased to four people, another 14 were injured and injured.

This was reported by China Central Television.
Earlier, the TV channel informed about one dead and six injured. The authorities have mobilized about 4.5 thousand people for rescue operations, among them emergency workers, medics, police and military personnel.
Earlier, the Chinese Seismological Center informed about an earthquake of magnitude 6.1 in Sichuan. The tremors were recorded at 17:00 local time (12:00 Moscow time), the hearth lay at a depth of 17 km.
According to official data, more than 1.4 million people live in the city of Ya'an, writes TASS.