BEIJING: The death toll from a 5.9 magnitude earthquake that struck a remote part of China’s southwest rose to four on Sunday, as media reported the injured have all been successfully rescued.

Reports previously said two people died when the quake struck 39 kilometers (24 miles) northwest of Kangding in the mountainous west of Sichuan province at 4:55 p.m. local time on Saturday (8:55 a.m. Manila time on Sunday).

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