About 55,000 people have been affected by the quake, Xinhua reported, citing the provincial civil affairs department.
A woman reached by phone in the area told CCTV that buildings around her withstood the shaking. Xinhua reported minor cracks in some airport buildings, adding that flights had been unaffected.
“Some people rushed out of the building,” she told Xinhua.
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