Yunnan and Qinghai hit by earthquakes By ZHAO YIMENG in Beijing and LI YINGQING in Kunming | China Daily | Updated: 2021-05-24 09:14 Share CLOSE Students from Yangbi No 1 High School study outdoors at a disaster relief center in Yangbi, Yunnan province, on Sunday. They were preparing for the national college entrance exam, which will take place in about two weeks. CAO BOYUAN/FOR CHINA DAILY
Authorities send relief supplies, rescue and medical teams to two provinces
Earthquakes that rattled the provinces of Yunnan and Qinghai over the weekend left three people dead and dozens injured.
The three deaths were reported in Yunnan, in southwestern China, after a 6.4 magnitude quake and aftershocks struck the Yangbi Yi autonomous county in Dali Bai autonomous prefecture from 9:48 pm to 11 pm on Friday. At least 32 people were injured.
May 25, 2021
CHINA DAILY – Earthquakes that rattled the provinces of Yunnan and Qinghai over the weekend left three people dead and dozens injured.
The three deaths were reported in Yunnan, in southwestern China, after a 6.4-magnitude quake and aftershocks struck the Yangbi Yi autonomous county in Dali Bai autonomous prefecture from 9:48 pm to 11pm on Friday. At least 32 people were injured.
A few hours later, a 7.4-magnitude quake jolted Madoi county in the Golog Tibetan autonomous prefecture in sparsely populated Qinghai, in the northwest of the country.
No deaths were reported, but the Ministry of Emergency Management said 11 people had minor injuries.