Bride reports on quake in wedding dress

A NEWS ANCHOR was about to tie the knot before an earthquake ripped through China, forcing her straight in to reporter mode as she interviewed shocked locals in her wedding dress.

Chen Ying, who works at a local news station in China, was about to get married when the 7.0 magnitude earthquake hit.

The quake hit where her nuptials were taking place.

Ying wasted no time in grabbing a microphone and doing her job, following her newshound instincts.

Footage of her walking the streets while interviewing locals in her wedding dress and veil have hit YouTube.

Images of Yeng went viral on social media.

Residents huddled outdoors on Saturday night in a town near the epicenter of the quake that struck the steep hills of Sichuan province.

Saturday moing's earthquake triggered landslides and disrupted phone and power connections in mountainous

Lushan county five years after a devastating quake wreaked widespread damage across the region.

The village of Longmen was hit particularly hard, with authorities saying nearly all the buildings there had been destroyed in a frightening minute-long shaking by the quake.