24 Dead As Quake Topples Homes in SW China

In this photo released by China's Xinhua news agency, citizens pass by a damaged building after a strong earthquake jolted Yingjiang county, southwest China's Yunnan province on Thursday March 10, 2011. The earthquake toppled houses and damaged a hotel and supermarket in China's extreme southwest near the border with Myanmar on Thursday, killing at least 14 people and injuring more than 150, officials and state media said.

Rescue workers search for victims after an earthquake jolted Yingjiang county in southwestern China's Yunnan Province on Thursday, March 10, 2011. The earthquake toppled houses and damaged a hotel and supermarket in China's extreme southwest near the border with Myanmar on Thursday, killing scores of people and injuring more than 150, officials and state media said.

This photo distributed by China's Xinhua news agency shows a damaged building after a strong earthquake hit Yingjiang county in southwest China's Yunnan province on Thursday March 10, 2011. The earthquake toppled houses and damaged a hotel and supermarket in China's extreme southwest near the border with Myanmar on Thur

Residents tend to the injured after an earthquake jolted Yingjiang county in southwestern China's Yunnan Province on Thursday, March 10, 2011. The earthquake toppled houses and damaged a hotel and supermarket in China's extreme southwest near the border with Myanmar on Thursday.

Survivors look on as rescue efforts go on after an earthquake jolted Yingjiang county in southwestern China's Yunnan province on Thursday, March 10, 2011. The earthquake toppled houses and damaged a hotel and supermarket in China's extreme southwest near the border with Myanmar on Thursday, killing dozens of people and injuring more than 150, officials and state media said.

Firemen search for victims after an earthquake jolted Yingjiang county in southwestern China's Yunnan province on Thursday, March 10, 2011. The earthquake toppled houses and damaged a hotel and supermarket in China's extreme southwest near the border with Myanmar on Thursday, killing at least 14 people and injuring more than 150, officials and state media said.

In his photo distributed by China's Xinhua news agency, a man carries an injured woman after a strong earthquake hit Yingjiang county in southwest China's Yunnan province on Thursday March 10, 2011. The earthquake toppled houses and damaged a hotel and supermarket in China's extreme southwest near the border with Myanmar on Thursday, killing dozens of people and injuring more than 150, officials and state media said.

In this photo distributed by China's Xinhua news agency, Rrscuers work at a collapsed building after a strong earthquake hit Yingjiang county in southwest China's Yunnan province on Thursday March 10, 2011. The earthquake toppled houses and damaged a hotel and supermarket in China's extreme southwest near the border with Myanmar on Thursday, killing dozens of people and injuring more than 150, officials and state media said.

In this photo released by China's Xinhua news agency, rescuers search for survivors in a damaged building after a strong earthquake hit Yingjiang county in southwest China's Yunnan province, on Thursday March 10, 2011. The earthquake toppled houses and damaged a hotel and supermarket in China's extreme southwest near the border with Myanmar on Thursday, killing dozens of people and injuring more than 200, officials and state media said.

Residents tend to an injured man after an earthquake jolted Yingjiang county in southwestern China's Yunnan Province on Thursday, March 10, 2011. The earthquake toppled houses and damaged a hotel and supermarket in China's extreme southwest near the border with Myanmar on Thursday.

Rescue workers look for survivors in a collapsed building after an earthquake jolted Yingjiang county in southwestern China's Yunnan Province on Thursday, March 10, 2011. The earthquake toppled houses and damaged a hotel and supermarket in China's extreme southwest near the border with Myanmar on Thursday.

Rescue workers search for victims under a building that collapsed after an earthquake jolted Yingjiang county in southwestern China's Yunnan Province on Thursday, March 10, 2011. The earthquake toppled houses and damaged a hotel and supermarket in China's extreme southwest near the border with Myanmar on Thursday.

In this photo distributed by China's Xinhua news agency, people take care of the injured in the open air after a strong earthquake hit Yingjiang county in southwest China's Yunnan province on Thursday March 10, 2011. The earthquake toppled houses and damaged a hotel and supermarket in China's extreme southwest near the border with Myanmar on Thursday, killing dozens of people and injuring more than 150, officials and state media said.

In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, rescuers work outside a damaged building Thursday night, March 10, 2011 after a strong earthquake hit Yingjiang County in southwest China's Yunnan Province earlier in the day. The earthquake toppled more than 1,000 houses and apartment buildings, killing dozens of people.