14 hurt as quake hits provinces
Source: Xinhua |
August 30, 2010, Monday
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AT least 14 people were injured and more than 7,300 houses damaged in an earthquake that jolted Yunnan and Sichuan provinces in southwest China yesterday.
The earthquake, measuring 4.8 on the Richter scale, hit at 8:53am in an area bordering the two provinces.
The epicenter had a depth of about 10 kilometers, according to the earthquake network center in Sichuan.
Thirteen people were injured in the earthquake, 7,354 houses destroyed and roads damaged in Qiaojia County of Yunnan, according to Zhou Yingbin, deputy head of the county government.
Another person was slightly injured in Ningnan County of Sichuan, local officials said.
Nobody was reported dead or missing.
The earthquake, measuring 4.8 on the Richter scale, hit at 8:53am in an area bordering the two provinces.
The epicenter had a depth of about 10 kilometers, according to the earthquake network center in Sichuan.
Thirteen people were injured in the earthquake, 7,354 houses destroyed and roads damaged in Qiaojia County of Yunnan, according to Zhou Yingbin, deputy head of the county government.
Another person was slightly injured in Ningnan County of Sichuan, local officials said.
Nobody was reported dead or missing.
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