Four people were killed and another 24 injured when an earthquake shook southwestern China, local authorities said Tuesday.
The shallow quake in Qiaojia county struck late Monday evening, the Yunnan government said on its social media account.
The quake hit near the city of Zhaotong, which has a population of over six million and registered 5.0-magnitude, according to China’s government seismology authority.Around 600 rescue workers have been sent to the disaster area, the Yunnan government said, including firefighters and soldiers from the local division of the People’s Liberation Army.
Residents could be seen stepping over debris as they left buildings, and trying to avoid rocks that had fallen on a road while riding a motorbike.
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