A strong earthquake measured 6.1
in magnitude hit southwest portion of China in Yunnan Province, the quake
struck seven miles (11 kilometers) west northwest town of Wenping at a deep of
10 kilometers.
United States Geological Survey
warned “overall” population in Yunnan Province that they are highly vulnerable
to land shaking.
In a local news agency reported
that their firefighters were rushing at the epicenter, the Yunnan province in
China lies where the Indian and Eurasian plates meet and this is prone to
earthquakes.
In the year 1974 6.8 magnitude
was recorded hat killed more than 1,500 people in the area. And in September of
2012 80 people died with earthquake struck mountainous area of Guizhou and
Yunnan.
Last May of 2008, earthquake
measured 8.0 magnitude rocked Sichuan, killing almost ten thousand people and
the flattening for the province. China authorities warned the public for earthquake
aftershocks.
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