BEIJING: Eighteen other folks had been injured after a reasonable earthquake measuring 5 at the Richter scale jolted southwest China's Yunnan Province, local authorities have said.
The quake damaged over 6,000 properties and affected greater than 48,000 residents in Tonghai and Huaning counties and in the district of Jiangchuan, all administered by way of the town of Yuxi, the provincial civil affairs division said in a statement.
The injured are being handled in a clinic and are said to be in a strong situation.
The epicentre of the quake which struck yesterday used to be at a intensity of 7 kilometres, China Earthquake Networks Centre said.
"Stuff in my office started shaking. I heard a bang, and then the drinking fountain fell," Chang Li, a nurse with the county's orthopedic clinic in Tonghai, used to be quoted as announcing by way of the state-run Xinhua information company.
Chang rushed to her house and located her mom's legs buried in the particles in their house damaged by way of the quake.
"Police and medical staff helped send her to the hospital," Chang said.
At the epicentre in the township of Sijie in Tonghai, hundreds of residents spent the night time at a 16,000-square-meter shelter near the county govt.
In Zhewan village, one of the crucial worst-hit villages in Sijie, 80 consistent with cent of houses had been damaged, according to Gao Guangjin, a Party professional with the village.
Gao said that round 600 of the 830 residents in the village spent the night time in 130 tents.
The provincial civil affairs division has allocated 200 tents, 600 beds and 1,000 quilts to quake-affected regions.
The quake damaged over 6,000 properties and affected greater than 48,000 residents in Tonghai and Huaning counties and in the district of Jiangchuan, all administered by way of the town of Yuxi, the provincial civil affairs division said in a statement.
The injured are being handled in a clinic and are said to be in a strong situation.
The epicentre of the quake which struck yesterday used to be at a intensity of 7 kilometres, China Earthquake Networks Centre said.
"Stuff in my office started shaking. I heard a bang, and then the drinking fountain fell," Chang Li, a nurse with the county's orthopedic clinic in Tonghai, used to be quoted as announcing by way of the state-run Xinhua information company.
Chang rushed to her house and located her mom's legs buried in the particles in their house damaged by way of the quake.
"Police and medical staff helped send her to the hospital," Chang said.
At the epicentre in the township of Sijie in Tonghai, hundreds of residents spent the night time at a 16,000-square-meter shelter near the county govt.
In Zhewan village, one of the crucial worst-hit villages in Sijie, 80 consistent with cent of houses had been damaged, according to Gao Guangjin, a Party professional with the village.
Gao said that round 600 of the 830 residents in the village spent the night time in 130 tents.
The provincial civil affairs division has allocated 200 tents, 600 beds and 1,000 quilts to quake-affected regions.
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