5.7-magnitude earthquake hits China
An earthquake killed four people and injured over 100 others in a mountainous area in southwest China on Sunday, local authorities said on Monday, China.org reported.
The magnitude-5.7 quake, which took place on the border of Yunnan and Sichuan provinces at 3:59 p.m., killed three people in Ninglang county of Yunnan and another one in Sichuan's Yanyuan county.
On Sunday, the earthquake was followed by 53 aftershocks and the strongest one was measured at magnitude 3.8, said Chen Qin, deputy head of the Yunnan provincial seismology bureau.
As of 2 a.m., 106 people, including seven tourists, have been found injured in Ninglang, where the quake was strongly felt and many Yi ethnic minority live. Twenty of them suffered severe wounds, said He Lianghui, mayor of Lijiang city, which administers Ninglang.
The quake toppled over 4,280 houses and cut roads and water supplies in the county, disrupting the lives of more than 21,800 people, said He.