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5.7 Magnitude quake destroys 10,000 homes in Southwest China

by politisite | July 9, 2009 at 10:13 pm

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The US Geological Survey has Reported a 5.7 Magnitude earthquake on Thursday, July 09, 2009 at 11:19:17 UTC Location is 25.619°N, 101.086°E or in YUNNAN, CHINA. See USGS for additional information

CNN) -- More than 10,000 homes have been destroyed from an earthquake that struck southwest China, state media reported.

The quake hit Yunnan province in southwest China Thursday evening, leaving more than 300 people injured, the Xinhua news service reported. Xinhua reported the quake as having a 6.0-magnitude, while 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, at a depth of about 10 kilometers (6.2 miles), Xinhua reported.

Thirty people suffered severe injuries, and another 305 were slightly injured as of 1 a.m., relief officials in Yao'an County said.

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at 06:28 on July 10th, 2009

Chinese officials are evacuating more than 400,000 people following an earthquake in south west China, in which at least one person has been killed and hundreds more have been injured.

The quake, in Yunnan province, has affected 55 towns in the region, and was followed by several aftershocks, collapsing 18,000 homes and damaging 40,000 more.