Earthquake hits south-western China
Rescuers search for survivors in a damaged building after a strong earthquake struck China’s far south-west, killing at least 13 people and injuring more than 125.
Witnesses reported that part of a supermarket collapsed in the magnitude 5.8 quake, the official Xinhua News Agency said.
At least 13 people were killed and 126 hurt, said an official with the Yunnan Disaster Relief Centre. Another official on duty at the centre, Gao Shaotang, said many houses had been toppled.
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Hide AdThe website of the government earthquake monitoring station said the tremor struck in Yunnan at a depth of six miles. The US Geological Survey put the quake’s magnitude at 5.4. Quakes of magnitude 5 or more are capable of causing damage. The epicentre is in a mountainous area 1,500 miles south west of Beijing, close to the border with Burma.