Quake kills 32, injures over 400
By Huang Zhiling and Wang Wei | China Daily | Updated: 2008-09-01 07:39
CHENGDU: Thirty-two people have died, more than 400 injured and over 100,000 homes destroyed or damaged after an earthquake hit Sichuan and Yunnan provinces around 4:30 pm on Saturday.
The epicenter of the 6.1-magnitude quake, which has affected 500,000 people, was about 30 km southeast of Panzhihua city, near the Sichuan-Yunnan border, the China Earthquake Administration (CEA) said.
Kunming, provincial capital of Yunnan, too has suffered some damage.
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