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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, --inhua 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, --inhua 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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