China earthquake kills at least 367, thousands injured
The earthquake measuring 6.3 in the Richter scale also caused thousands of concrete buildings, including a school, to collapse.
According to the official Xinhua news agency, the tremor was primarily felt in Yunnan and in the neighbouring provinces of Guizhou and Sichuan with its epicentre in Longtoushan town of Yunnan’s mountainous Ludian country.
The epicentre was monitored at 27.1 degrees north latitude and 103.3 degrees east longitude with a depth of 12 kilometers, according to the CENC, said Xinhua.
Images showed many buildings reduced to rubble while many were cracked as people desperately ran for life.
All kinds of communications have been largely affected and electricity lines were cut following the disaster. People were out on the streets due to panic of any aftermath, media reports said.
The government is sending 2,000 tents, 3,000 folding beds, quilts and coats to the quake-hit zone amid a forecast of heavy rain in the coming days. A home to some 265,900 people, Ludian is frequently struck by quakes, Xinhua said.
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