The death toll in the powerful earthquake that hit Yunnan province, southwestern China, so far has reached 367 people and injured 1,800.

Massive rescue operations were deployed to search for survivors.

The death toll in the powerful earthquake that hit Yunnan province, southwestern China, so far has reached 367 people and injured 1,800.

Click the quake measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale -According United States Geological Survey, USGS- hit the region Sunday, August 3 at 16.30 local time.

Massive rescue operation is underway and until the evening the officers continued to attempt to reach victims who are in remote areas.

UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, has expressed sorrow to the Chinese government's Click and victims' families.

His statement also said the UN is ready to provide assistance and mobilize international assistance is needed.

Most of the 357 victims -sebanyak Zhaotong soul fall in the district, the worst-hit, and the other 10 Quijing.

A resident of Zhaotong, Ma Liya, told Xinhua that the situation in his place as the new hit by bombing during the war.

"I never felt like this before the quake. Thing I saw was the ruins."

The Xinhua news agency said 12,000 houses collapsed in Ludian, districts have a population of around 439,000 inhabitants.

Not the first time the massive earthquake struck southwestern China region: the 2008 earthquake in Sichuan killed thousands of people and in 1970 at least 15,000 people died due to an earthquake measuring 7.7 on the Richter. BBC