China's tiny miracles: Three-month-old baby girl pulled ALIVE from rubble, as another is born just hours after deadly earthquake

In southwest China, at least 207 families are grieving for loved ones killed by a powerful earthquake which struck shortly after 8am on Saturday. 

The region has been rocked by some 1,300 aftershocks since the 6.6 magnitude quake hit, and state media say 11,500 are injured, 960 of them seriously.

The situation remains desperate, as rescuers battle to reach remote villages razed by the earthquake.

                Zhou Chunzhi lies on a bed with her newborn baby, named 'Zhensheng,' which means 'born on the day of the quake'

Amid the horror, though, two tiny miracles have come to light, standing as symbols of hope amid the destruction. 

This picture shows a three-month-old baby who was pulled alive from the rubble after the quake hit the steep hills of Sichuan Province.

Though her mother was killed in the devastation, the tiny girl survived the quake and is now in the care of medics.

Meanwhile, new mother Zhou Chunzhi delivered her newborn baby just two hours after the disaster, in a makeshift operating room set up in Ya'an People's Hospital.

                   Loss: A three-month-old baby whose mother was killed in the earthquake receives treatment at a medical point

According to the People's Daily Online, she has been named 'Zhensheng,' which means 'born on the day of the quake'

Latest: More than 160 Dead, 6,700 Injured in China Earthquake

An aerial view shows houses damaged after a strong earthquake in Lushan county, Ya'an, Sichuan province

The death toll from a powerful earthquake Saturday in southwest China's Sichuan province has climbed to more than 160 people, with more than 6,700 injured.

China's official Xinhua news agency says President Xi Jinping has ordered all-out measures to rescue victims and minimize casualties following the disaster.

Chinese officials called it a 7.0-magnitude quake, while the U.S. Geological Survey put the strength at 6.6. The quake occurred at a depth of 13 kilometers.

Aerial photos released by China's military and aired on state television showed individual houses in ruins and some stretches of the county seat and villages flattened into rubble.

Disaster: 113 Dead, 2,600 Injured in China Earthquake

Chinese state media say the death toll from a powerful earthquake that struck the western region of Sichuan Saturday morning has climbed to at least 113 people, with about 2,600 injured

China's official Xinhua news agency said that the death toll could rise as search and rescue teams make their way into the affected areas.

State media say hard-hit parts of Lushan country remain unreachable by road, with phone services cut off.  Aerial photos released by China's military and shown on state television showed individual houses in ruins and some stretches of the county seat and villages flattened into rubble.

China's premier, Li Keqiang, has flown to the region to oversee relief efforts.

Sichuan's provincial seismological bureau put the strength of the quake at 7.0, while the U.S. Geological Survey said it was 6.6 magnitude, which is capable of causing severe damage.  The quake occurred at a depth of 12 kilometers.

Xinhua said the quake also rattled buildings in the provincial capital, Chengdu, 115 kilometers to the east.

A strong earthquake struck Sichuan in 2008, killing more than 70,000 people.

Huge earthquake near Iran nuclear plant kills 37 and leaves families homeless

The death toll has risen to at least 37 people and hundreds more injured in a 6.1 magnitude earthquake near a nuclear plant in southern Iran on Tuesday, Iranian officials said. 

The earthquake struck the town of Kaki some 96 kilometers (60 miles) southeast of Bushehr, a town on the Persian Gulf that is home of Iran's first nuclear power plant, built with Russian help.Authorities said it did not damage a nuclear plant in the region. 

'No damage was done to Bushehr power plant,' Bushehr provincial governor Fereidoun Hasanvand told state TV. He said 37 people died and 850 were injured, including 100 who were hospitalised. 

The quake was felt across the Gulf in Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar, where workers were evacuated from high-rise buildings as a precaution.Earlier on Sunday a lighter earthquake jolted the nearby area. Iran is located on seismic faults and it experiences frequent earthquakes.

In 2003, some 26,000 people were killed by a 6.6 magnitude quake that flattened the historic southeastern city of Bam. 

Earthquake near Iranian nuclear power station leaves four people dead

Nuclear plant

A powerful earthquake has killed four people in southern Iran, close to the country's only nuclear power station.

A Red Cross official said two villages had been heavily damaged by the magnitude 6.3 quake but the Russian company that built the Bushehr plant said the reactor was undamaged.

Offices in the capitals of Qatar and Bahrain were evacuated after the quake, whose epicentre was 55 miles (89km) south-east of the port city of Bushehr, according to the US Geological Survey.

The shock was also felt in Dubai, according to witnesses and messages on Twitter.

Gulf Arab countries and western experts have voiced concerns about the Bushehr plant, which is built in a highly seismic area. Iran has repeatedly rejected concerns it could be unsafe.