336 injured in M-6.0 quake in China's Yunnan Province: Xinhua.BEIJING, July 10 Kyodo A total of 336 people were injured and more than 2,700 houses were damaged in a magnitude 6.0 earthquake that jolted China's Yunnan Province Noun 1. Yunnan province - a province of southern China Yunnan Cathay, China, Communist China, mainland China, People's Republic of China, PRC, Red China - a communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world Thursday evening, China's state Xinhua News Agency “Xinhua” redirects here. For other uses, see Xinhua (disambiguation). The Xinhua News Agency (Simplified Chinese: 新华社; Traditional Chinese: said, citing local authorities. Among the victims were 56 who suffered severe injuries from the 7:19 p.m. quake, which occurred at a depth of about 10 kilometers in Guantun Township, about 200 kilometers from the provincial city of Kunming, Xinhua said. The government of Yunnan Province has allocated 2,500 tents, 3,000 quilts and other relief materials to Yao'an County where the relief headquarters were set up, the Ministry of Civil Affairs was quoted as saying. |
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