Thursday, 10 March 2011

strong earthquake hit Yingjiang county in southwest China's Yunnan


Rescue workers search for victims after an earthquake jolted Yingjiang county in southwestern China's Yunnan Province on Thursday, March 10, 2011. The earthquake toppled houses and damaged a hotel and supermarket in China's extreme southwest near the border with Myanmar on Thursday, killing scores of people and injuring more than 150, officials and state media said.



In this photo released by China's Xinhua news agency, rescuers search for survivors in a damaged building after a strong earthquake hit Yingjiang county in southwest China's Yunnan province, on Thursday March 10, 2011. The earthquake toppled houses and damaged a hotel and supermarket in China's extreme southwest near the border with Myanmar on Thursday, killing dozens of people and injuring more than 200, officials and state media said

Firemen and soldiers in a collapsed building search for survivors after a 5.8 magnitude earthquake in the Yingjiang county in southwest China's Yunnan province, 10 March 2011. At least 22 people died 10 March in a magnitude-5.8 earthquake that hit south-western China's Yunnan province, media reports said. The quake in Yingjiang County injured about 200 people, more than 30 of them seriously, state television reported. The tremor was believed to have caused serious damage, according to Liu Jie of the China Earthquake Networks Centre's forecast department, the official Xinhua news agency reported.


People help injured at a temporary settlement after a 5.8 magnitude earthquake in the Yingjiang county in southwest China's Yunnan province, 10 March 2011. At least 22 people died 10 March in a magnitude-5.8 earthquake that hit south-western China's Yunnan province, media reports said. The quake in Yingjiang County injured about 200 people, more than 30 of them seriously, state television reported. The tremor was believed to have caused serious damage, according to Liu Jie of the China Earthquake Networks Centre's forecast department, the official Xinhua news agency reported.

Firemen and soldiers in a collapsed building search for survivors after a 5.8 magnitude earthquake in the Yingjiang county in southwest China's Yunnan province, 10 March 2011. At least 22 people died 10 March in a magnitude-5.8 earthquake that hit south-western China's Yunnan province, media reports said. The quake in Yingjiang County injured about 200 people, more than 30 of them seriously, state television reported. The tremor was believed to have caused serious damage, according to Liu Jie of the China Earthquake Networks Centre's forecast department, the official Xinhua news agency reported

MAGNITUDE 5.8 QUAKE DEPTH 12KM ! STRIKES CHINA 22 DEAD

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