According to reports, at least 150 people were killed and dozens injured when a strong earthquake hit a mountainous region of southwest China’s Yunnan province today, Sunday, reports state media.
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Read the full story after the cut as reported by P.M news.
“At least 150 were killed and dozens
more injured after a 6.5-magnitude earthquake,” a report read.
The quake in Qiaojia County of
Zhaotong prefecture toppled buildings, leaving residents frantically searching
for survivors beneath the rubble, images distributed on social media showed.
People’s homes and older structures
were particularly affected, Xinhua said.
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“Too many buildings were damaged and
we are collecting data on deaths and injuries,” it quoted a local official as
saying.
The United States Geological Survey had warned
that “overall, the population in this region resides in structures that are
highly vulnerable to earthquake shaking”.
USGS reported the quake at a
magnitude of 6.1 and said it struck 11 kilometres (seven miles) northwest of
the town of Wenping at a relatively shallow depth of 10 kilometres at 4:30 pm
(0830 GMT).
Chinese state media put the magnitude
at 6.5, citing the China Earthquake Networks Center.
State television reported that
firefighters were rushing to the epicentre.
Southwest China lies where the
Eurasian and Indian plates meet and is prone to earthquakes.
In 1974, a 6.8-quake in the same area
killed more than 1,500 people.
In September 2012, 80 people were
killed when twin earthquakes struck the mountainous border area of Yunnan and
Guizhou.
In May 2008, an 8.0-magnitude quake
rocked Sichuan, which neighbours Yunnan, killing tens of thousands of people
and flattening swathes of the province.
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