Death toll rises to five after China earthquake

Tibetan residents gather outside makeshift tents at a relief centre in Kangding on November 23, 2014 after a quake struck 39 kilometres northwest of Kangding in the mountainous west of Sichuan province. -AFP

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

The quake struck 39 kilometres (24 miles) northwest of Kangding in the mountainous west of Sichuan province at 0855 GMT Saturday.