BEIJING— Based on the China’s official Xinhua News
Agency statement, death from the strong earthquake that hit the southern
China’s Yunnan province rose to 367 while
injured people are now counts more
than 1400. At the northeast of Yunnan’s capital, there are about 12,000 homes
were collapsed.
According to the US
Geology survey, the magnitude-6.1 quake struck China at 4:30 p.m. at a depth of
10 kilometers (6 miles).
A resident of Zhatong,
told Xinhua that the streets there were like a “battlefield after attack. She added
that her neighbor’s newly build two-story building had also collapsed. She said
that she has never seen a quake as
stronger than the one that struck the area in 2012 which killed 81 people.
Xinhua reported at
least 175 people were killed in the quake, with 181 are still missing and 1,402
were injured. In Ludian, there are at least 122 people dead, with another 1,300
people were injured. There are 49 people died and 102 were injured in Qiaojia Region.
On Sunday, rescuers
were still trying to reach victims in more isolated towns. The hilly region
where the quake occurred is mainly agricultural with a soft foundation which is
prone to earthquake.
Ludian has a
population of about 429,000 where most homes are made of brick. Many of homes
there were collapsed by the quake. Their telecommunication and electricity were
also cut off.
Relief
efforts with than 2,500 troops dispatched to the disaster region, Xinhua said.
The Red Cross Society of China allocated covers, jackets and tents for those
made homeless by the quake. Red Cross branches
like in Hong Kong, Macau and neighboring Sichuan province also sent relief goods.
