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China earthquake

This aerial photo released by China's Xinhua news agency shows destroyed houses after a powerful earthquake hit Lushan County's Ya'an City in China's Sichuan Province. The powerful earthquake jolted the province near where a devastating quake struck five years ago.

This aerial photo released by China’s Xinhua news agency shows destroyed houses after a powerful earthquake hit Lushan County’s Ya’an City in China’s Sichuan Province. The powerful earthquake jolted the province near where a devastating quake struck five years ago.  (Liu Yinghua / Associated Press)

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A strong earthquake struck China’s mountainous Sichuan province Saturday morning, leaving at least 156 people dead and more than 3,000 injured. Chinese authorities assessed the magnitude of the quake at 7.0, while the U.S. Geological Survey reported 6.6. Although nowhere near as powerful in magnitude, the tremor evoked memories of the great earthquake almost exactly five years ago along the same fault line that killed almost 90,000.

China Earthquake

Rescuers carry a paralyzed person from his damaged house in Qingren township in seriously damaged Lushan County after a shallow earthquake at magnitude 7.0 hit. More than 150 people were killed and 5,700 injured when a strong earthquake hit a mountainous part of southwestern China, destroying thousands of homes and triggering landslides.   (AFP/Getty Images)

China Earthquake

An injured woman is carried into Lushan People’s hospital on a stretcher after a magnitude 7.0 earthquake hit. More than 150 people were killed and 3,000 injured when an earthquake shook southwest China, wrecking homes and triggering landslides in an area devastated by a major tremor in 2008.  (Mark Ralston / AFP/Getty Images)

China Earthquake

An injured child receives treatment at a Lushan hospital after a magnitude 7.0 earthquake hit the city of Ya’an, in southwest China’s Sichuan province on Saturday.   (Mark Ralston / AFP/Getty Images)

China Earthquake

In this photo released by China’s Xinhua news agency, rescuers save an injured woman after an earthquake hit Baosheng Township in Lushan County. The powerful earthquake struck the steep hills of Sichuan province Saturday, nearly five years after a devastating quake caused widespread damage across the region.  (Jiang Hongjing / Associated Press)

China Earthquake

A giant panda climbs a tree in the China Conservation and Research Center for the giant panda after a magnitude 7.0 earthquake hit the city of Ya’an in southwest China’s Sichuan province. About 60 shocked giant pandas are now under the care of breeders. More than 100 people were killed and 3,000 injured when a strong earthquake shook southwest China on Saturday, wrecking homes and triggering landslides in an area devastated by a major tremor in 2008.   (AFP/Getty Images)

China Earthquake

In this photo released by China’s Xinhua news agency, people carrying their belongings walk in quake-damaged Gucheng Village in China’s Sichuan Province on Saturday. A powerful earthquake struck the steep hills of Sichuan province Saturday, nearly five years after a devastating quake wreaked widespread damage across the region.   (Fei Maohua / Associated Press)

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