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<br>SHANGHAI, Aug 9 (Reuters) - Nine people have been killed, including six tourists, and 164 injured in an earthquake that struck a remote and  [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-du-lich-trung-khanh-cuu-trai-cau-thanh-do-ha-noi-sai-gon.html tour cửu trại câu từ hà nội] mountainous part of southwest China's Sichuan province,  [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-du-lich-trung-khanh-cuu-trai-cau-thanh-do-ha-noi-sai-gon.html tour du lịch cửu trại câu] the local government and official media said on Wednesday.<br> <br>The quake hit a sparsely populated area 200 km (120 miles) west-northwest of the city of Guangyuan on Tuesday evening at a depth of 10 km (6 miles), the U.S.<br><br>Geological Survey said. It was also close to the Jiuzhaigou nature reserve, a tourist destination.<br> <br>The Sichuan government said 100 tourists had been trapped by a landslide following the quake. The official China News Service said on Wednesday that six tourists were among the dead.<br> <br>As many as 31,500 tourists have been evacuated from the quake zone, the official Xinhua news agency said on Wednesday morning.<br> <br>The Sichuan fire service said the reception area in a hotel had collapsed, trapping some people, but that 2,800 people had been safely evacuated from the building.<br> <br>There was no confirmation of the [http://www.medcheck-up.com/?s=nationalities nationalities] of any of the tourists, but Jiuzhaigou is far more popular with Chinese tourists than foreigners.<br> <br>The Sichuan earthquake administration measured the quake at a magnitude of 7.0.<br><br>The administration said the epicentre of the tremor  [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-du-lich-trung-khanh-cuu-trai-cau-thanh-do-ha-noi-sai-gon.html tour cửu trại câu từ hà nội] was in Ngawa prefecture, largely populated by ethnic Tibetans, many of whom are nomadic herders.<br> <br>(Reporting by David Stanway; Editing by Richard Pullin)<br>