2 dead, 100 hurt in 5.7-mag quake
June 25, 2012, Monday
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AT least two people died and 100 others were injured when a 5.7-magnitude earthquake jolted southwest China yesterday, local authorities said. The casualties were reported in the county of Ninglang in Yunnan Province and neighboring Yanyuan County in Sichuan Province.
Local authorities have sent 300 tents, 500 quilts and 500 cotton-padded clothes to Ninglang, said Bai Yong, director of Yunnan Provincial Civil Affairs Department's disaster relief section. Telecommunication networks in the county's Yongning township were cut. The Yunnan Provincial Seismological Bureau has sent a team to the area. The quake struck the border of Yunnan and Sichuan provinces at 3:59pm, and was followed by a 3.3-magnitude aftershock two minutes later. The epicenter was in an area where the Yi ethnic group live. A spokesman with the Yanyuan County government said many houses in the countryside had collapsed.
Local authorities have sent 300 tents, 500 quilts and 500 cotton-padded clothes to Ninglang, said Bai Yong, director of Yunnan Provincial Civil Affairs Department's disaster relief section. Telecommunication networks in the county's Yongning township were cut. The Yunnan Provincial Seismological Bureau has sent a team to the area. The quake struck the border of Yunnan and Sichuan provinces at 3:59pm, and was followed by a 3.3-magnitude aftershock two minutes later. The epicenter was in an area where the Yi ethnic group live. A spokesman with the Yanyuan County government said many houses in the countryside had collapsed.
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