Qinghai province

DHARAMSALA - Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama Wednesday said he was "deeply saddened" by the loss of life in the 7.1-magnitude earthquake that struck China's Qinghai province, leaving about 400 people dead, an official statement said here.

BEIJING - About 400 people were killed Wednesday when a devastating earthquake jolted northwest China's Qinghai province, bringing down buildings like a pack of cards and leaving thousands bloodied and shaken.

BEIJING - Soldiers and civilians used shovels and their bare hands to dig through collapsed buildings in search of survivors after strong earthquakes struck a mountainous Tibetan region of China on Wednesday, killing at least 400 people and injuring more than 10,000.