China: earthquakes killed 3 people, nearly 300 people were injured

According to Reuters, at least three people were killed and 290 others were injured, of which 15 were seriously injured in the strong earthquake that struck early in the morning (5:34 local time) in the Ha Nhi ethnic autonomous district of Ninh Nhi. Putian City, Yunnan Province (China).

Residents in the earthquake area, the famous tea production area of ​​Yunnan province, left home in panic. Local authorities ordered an evacuation of about 120,000 people in the earthquake area near the border with Laos and Myanmar. Relief forces were dispatched urgently to this area.

The earthquake collapsed many houses in Yunnan Province (Photo: Alalam)

This magnitude 6.4 earthquake caused many houses to collapse, destroying some traffic routes that disrupted information systems, seriously affecting the electricity and water supply system in the area. . The epicenter of the earthquake was 80km from Prussia city and there were 55 aftershocks that followed. According to the VNA, the total material damage of this earthquake is estimated at 1 billion yuan (130 million USD).

* According to Mr. Nguyen Ngoc Thuy - Director of the Institute of Geophysics (Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology), the earthquake did not affect Vietnam. The earthquake center is located far away from the Vietnamese border (about 100km from the Muong Te border district, Lai Chau province), and because the geology of the area borders China well, people do not feel vibration at all.

Mr. Nguyen Van Yêm (earthquake room of the Institute of Geophysics) said this is the second magnitude earthquake occurred in the area near the border of Vietnam, Laos and China since the earthquake struck. in Laos caused a commotion to Hanoi on May 15.

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