Earthquake in northwestern China kills at least 95 people in Gansu and Qinghai provinces

BEIJING (AP) — Chinese state media say at least 95 people have been killed in a magnitude 6.2 earthquake in the country’s northwest. The official Xinhua News Agency said that 86 died in the province of Gansu and another nine in neighboring Qinghai province in the quake, which occurred just before midnight on Monday. The report said more than 200 people were injured, 96 in Gansu and 124 in Qinghai. The quake struck in Gansu’s Jishishan county, about 5 kilometers, about 3 miles, from the provincial boundary with Qinghai. The  United States Geological Survey put the quake’s magnitude at 5.9.