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1 killed, 3 injured in SW China earthquake

Published: 31 Aug 2013 - 09:48 am | Last Updated: 30 Jan 2022 - 03:49 pm


BEIJING: One person was killed and three others injured on earthquake measuring 5.9 on the Richter scale jolted southwest China, according to the China Earthquake Networks Centre.
 
One person died, three were injured seriously and 17 others from three tourist buses were trapped by quake-triggered landslides that blocked a road in Yunnan Province, local officials said.
 
The quake struck the area bordering the counties of Shangri-La, Deqen of Yunnan Province and Derong County of Sichuan Province, with a depth of about 10 kilometers, the centre said. (QNA)