China earthquakes

Survivors sift through the remains of a collapsed home in Yiliang in a remote and mountainous area of southwest China. Witnesses said residents ran screaming from their homes and business as two quakes hit on the border of Yunnan and Guizhou provinces an hour apart, followed by a string of aftershocks. (AFP/Getty Images)

Sept. 8, 2012 1:57 PM PT

Earthquakes hit the Yunnan and Guizhou provinces in China on Friday, leaving scores dead and injured and causing mass damage to buildings and property.

Injured residents are evaluated in an open-air triage center in Yiliang. State media said crippled infrastructure in the remote area complicated efforts to assess the scale of the disaster. (AFP / Getty Images)

Rescue workers carry an earthquake victim to safety in the town of Luozehe, at the epicenter of the earthquakes in Yunnan province. (San Yu / EPA)

Earthquake survivors walk down a debris-strewn street in Luozehe township. (San Yu / EPA)

Piles of rubble make footing difficult for a man in Luozehe township, the epicenter of the earthquakes. (San Yu / EPA)

Residents drive past a destroyed truck as they flee a landslide area after a series of earthquakes hit Yiliang County, China. (Mark Ralston/ AFP/Getty Images)

Men ride past damaged vehicles lying by the side of the road after being caught in a landslide after a series of earthquakes hit Yiliang County in southwest China. (Mark Ralston/ AFP/Getty Images)

An injured man rests in a temporary settlement for quake victims in Luozehe township, the epicenter of the recent temblors in China. (San Yu / EPA)

Survivors gather at a shelter in Yiliang after earthquakes that killed scores of people hit the remote and mountainous area of southwest China. (AFP/Getty Images)