Beijing, Nov. 26 (Reuters): An earthquake killed 14 people, injured nearly 400 and destroyed 8,500 homes in Jiangxi province in eastern China this morning, the official Xinhua agency reported.

Some 130,000 homes were damaged in the worst-hit Jiujiang and Ruicheng counties, while 420,000 people moved to safer areas.

Emergency officials rushed tents to the zone to shelter the homeless and earthquake specialists flew down from Beijing.