KUNMING - At least four people have been killed and over 100 others injured after an earthquake hit a mountainous area in southwest China on Sunday, local authorities said on Monday. The magnitude-5.7 quake, which struck the border of Yunnan and Sichuan provinces at 3:59 p.m., killed three people in Ninglang county of Yunnan and another one in Sichuan's Yanyuan county. On Sunday, the earthquake was followed by 53 aftershocks and the strongest one was measured at magnitude 3.8, said Chen Qin, deputy head of the Yunnan provincial seismology bureau.
http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-06/25/content_15521648.htm
No comments:
Post a Comment
Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.