Relief on its way after earthquake in Yunnan
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RELIEF work is under way after a 5.1-magnitude earthquake hit Yangbi County in southwest China’s Yunnan Province early yesterday.
So far, there have been no reports of casualties.
The provincial civil affairs department has sent a team to assist with quake relief and allocated 500 tents, 1,000 folding beds, 1,000 quilts and 1,000 coats to the quake-hit region.
The epicenter, at depth of about 12 kilometers, was monitored at 25.89 degrees north and 99.8 degrees east, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center.
Four tremors measuring 3 to 4.7 on the Richter scale hit the region before and after the 5.1 quake, the center said.
Wang Caixun, a Yangbi publicity official, said the epicenter was at the Ajia and Puping villages, where some houses were reportedly damaged.
A number of houses in nine villages in Yangbi were said to have been severely damaged in the quake.
“Firefighters and medical teams are heading to the villages,” Wang said.
The provincial surveying, mapping and geo-information bureau has sent a team of five staff with three drones to take aerial images of the quake-hit areas.
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