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Updated Saturday, December 27, 2008 9:55 am TWN, Reuters

Thousands evacuated after quakes hit SW China

BEIJING -- Two earthquakes jolted China's southwestern province of Yunnan early on Friday, injuring nine people and forcing the evacuation of tens of thousands of people, state media said, citing local authorities. A 4.9-magnitude earthquake struck at 4:20 a.m. about 6.2 miles from Ruili, a town on the China-Myanmar border, Xinhua said, citing the province's earthquake monitor. The quake destroyed the city government's old office building, and prompted the evacuation of about 30,000 people, Xinhua said.

Another tremor measuring 4.3 on the Richter scale jolted Yiliang county near provincial capital Kunming at 2:19 a.m., damaging more than 100 houses.

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