Earlier, Xinhua had said at least 107 people died in the 7.8-magnitude quake that rocked central China and left several hundred students feared buried in collapsed school buildings.
The quake was "felt in most parts of China," Xinhua reported, with the confirmed casualties in the provinces and municipality of Sichuan, Gansu, Chongqing and Yunnan.
"Some buried teenagers were struggling to break loose from underneath the ruins while others were crying out for help," Xinhua reported.Among the 107 dead were 55 in Sichuan Province, where 600 people were also injured, Xinhua said.
One person was killed in Santai County, in the city of Mianyang, when a water tower fell, the news agency reported.
Source: CNN
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