At least two people reported to have been killed and extensive damage to houses as magnitude 4.7 tremor hits eastern city of Fuyang

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An earthquake in the eastern Chinese city of Fuyang has damaged more than 10,000 homes and killed at least two people, according to authorities.

The quake struck in the Anhui province city on Saturday afternoon, and 13 people also were injured, officials in the city said. The US Geological Survey said the quake measured magnitude 4.7.

Damage to more than 4,000 of the homes was serious and 155 collapsed, the city’s Communist party propaganda department said.

Fuyang is a city of about 10 million people in a region that relies on coal mining and agriculture.