three people were killed and 60 others injured on Thursday after a powerful 6.0 magnitude earthquake jolted luxian County in China's Sichuan Province authorities said China earthquake Administration has dispatched a work team to guide on-site disaster relief work reports shinoa news agency a total of 890 commanders and fighters from nearby firefighting and rescue brigades have been mobilized while another 4,600 rescue workers are on standby there were a total of 7 37 collapsed houses 72 houses with serious damage while 7,290 with damage to some extent collapsed walls and houses were seen on the way to rain battered jaming Township in the epicenter area electricity and most of the houses in the town has been suspended amid heavy rain in Fuji Township rescue workers were going door Todo searching for people in the damaged houses and moving them to temporary shelters more than 6,900 affected residents have been relocated and over 10,000 people were shifted to temporary shelters as of early Thursday morning according to the local government according to the China earthquake Network Center the earthquake occurred at 433 a.m. the epicenter was monitored at 29.2 De north latitude and 10 15.34 de east longitude the Quake struck at a depth of 10 km approved by the provincial government the earthquake relief headquarters of Sichuan has activated a level two response the second highest in China his four tier earthquake emergency response system some telecommunication based stations and cables were damaged the lazu high-speed railway station has been closed according to railway authorities all coal mines have been ordered to Halt underground operations and evacuate miners in shafts