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A sreenshot of a damaged farmhouse is seen near the epicenter of the earthquake in Pingyuan County in east China's Shandong province, Aug. 6, 2023. [AP hoto]
An earthquake in eastern China before dawn Sunday knocked down houses and injured at least 21 people, according to state media, but no deaths were reported.
The magnitude 5.5 quake occurred near the city of Dezhou, about 300 kilometers south of Beijing, the Chinese capital, at 2:33 a.m., according to the China Earthquake Networks Center. The U.S. Geological Survey put the magnitude at 5.4.
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