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China Earthquake 2009 on Fri Jul 10, 2009 7:21 pm
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In China, more than 10,000 homes have been destroyed as a result of an earthquake that struck in southwest China.
The quake left more than 300 people injured when it hit Yunnan
province in southwest China Thursday evening. The quake was a
6.0-magnitude according to Xinhua. The U.S. Geological Survey gave a
figure of 5.7.
The quake happened at 7:19 p.m. (11:19 a.m. GMT) Thursday. The depth
of the quake was about 10 kilometers (6.2 miles), Xinhua reported.
Tents, medicine and food have been sent
This earthquake comes more than a year after another more massive
quake struck Sichuan province on May 12, 2008. That earthquake was a
8.0-magnitude and it killed more than 68,000 people and left nearly
18,000 more missing not to mention displacing 15 million others.
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More than 300 people were injured and over 30,000 houses were
damaged in an earthquake that hit China’s Yunnan Province Thursday
evening, authorities said. The quake measured 6.0 on the Richter scale.
Thirty people suffered severe injuries, said the quake-relief
headquarters in Yao’an County, Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture. The
injured were being treated at the People’s Hospital of Yao’an.
More than 10,000 houses collapsed and more than 30,000 others were
damaged in six counties in Chuxiong, according to the latest figure.
The quake struck at 7.19 p.m., at a depth of about 10 km, with the
epicentre in the county’s Guantun township, about 200 km from the
provincial city of Kunming, said the China Earthquake Networks Centre.
The quake was followed by eight aftershocks measuring 3 to 4.1 on
the Richter scale, three centred in Yao’an and the other five centred
in the neighbouring Dayao County.
The latest aftershock occurred at 11.09 p.m. in Yao’an.
Tents, medicines and food were distributed to residents in Guantun township.
Residents of Yao’an county seat, about 16 km from Guantun, gathered outdoors fearing more aftershocks.
Strong tremors were felt in Chuxiong, Lijiang City, Kunming and Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture.
Two teams, one headed by the Yunnan Governor Qin Guangrong, and
another from the Ministry of Civil Affairs, the National Commission for
Disaster Reduction and China Earthquake Administration, rushed to the site.
The quake left more than 300 people injured when it hit Yunnan
province in southwest China Thursday evening. The quake was a
6.0-magnitude according to Xinhua. The U.S. Geological Survey gave a
figure of 5.7.
The quake happened at 7:19 p.m. (11:19 a.m. GMT) Thursday. The depth
of the quake was about 10 kilometers (6.2 miles), Xinhua reported.
Tents, medicine and food have been sent
This earthquake comes more than a year after another more massive
quake struck Sichuan province on May 12, 2008. That earthquake was a
8.0-magnitude and it killed more than 68,000 people and left nearly
18,000 more missing not to mention displacing 15 million others.
-
More than 300 people were injured and over 30,000 houses were
damaged in an earthquake that hit China’s Yunnan Province Thursday
evening, authorities said. The quake measured 6.0 on the Richter scale.
Thirty people suffered severe injuries, said the quake-relief
headquarters in Yao’an County, Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture. The
injured were being treated at the People’s Hospital of Yao’an.
More than 10,000 houses collapsed and more than 30,000 others were
damaged in six counties in Chuxiong, according to the latest figure.
The quake struck at 7.19 p.m., at a depth of about 10 km, with the
epicentre in the county’s Guantun township, about 200 km from the
provincial city of Kunming, said the China Earthquake Networks Centre.
The quake was followed by eight aftershocks measuring 3 to 4.1 on
the Richter scale, three centred in Yao’an and the other five centred
in the neighbouring Dayao County.
The latest aftershock occurred at 11.09 p.m. in Yao’an.
Tents, medicines and food were distributed to residents in Guantun township.
Residents of Yao’an county seat, about 16 km from Guantun, gathered outdoors fearing more aftershocks.
Strong tremors were felt in Chuxiong, Lijiang City, Kunming and Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture.
Two teams, one headed by the Yunnan Governor Qin Guangrong, and
another from the Ministry of Civil Affairs, the National Commission for
Disaster Reduction and China Earthquake Administration, rushed to the site.
