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Angela Meng

Mimi Lau

A 6.6-magnitude earthquake in Jinggu county, Yunnan province, left at least one dead and 19 injured last night, state media reported.
The China Earthquake Networks Centre said the quake was 5km deep and struck at 9.49pm.
Xinhua reported that residents in the provincial capital of Kunming also felt tremors.
The China Earthquake Administration said the quake was serious and heavy casualties and damage were expected, according to Xinhua. The Jinggu government confirmed late last night that at least one person was dead.
The US Geological Survey said the earthquake measured magnitude 6.0 and was at a depth of 10.1km.
A woman at the Caizhan Business Hotel in Jinggu said she was a Yunnan native and had never felt an earthquake so strong.
"It was very scary, the main light in the foyer went out. I immediately hid under a big table," she said.
A man at the Haitian Hotel, also in the county, said the hotel shook but the structure remained intact and all guests were safe.
"The hotel will be fine because it was built with this in mind, but I'm not sure how ordinary homes [will fare]," he said.
A 25-year-old hotel worker in Puer , about 80km from Jinggu, said she felt the quake but it did not seem very serious.
A state television reporter in the city said people fled buildings and were camping out in anticipation of aftershocks, Associated Press reported.
State media said on social media that hundreds of military personnel and emergency response workers were sent within hours to the quake zone.


Yunnan quake expected to take heavy toll

A 6.0-magnitude earthquake hit mountainous Yunnan province  late on Tuesday. Photo: SCMP Pictures

Landslides block aid from reaching Yunnan quake disaster as death toll surges to 589

Villagers rest under a makeshift tent next to damaged houses, after a deadly earthquake hit Longtoushan town on Sunday. Photo: Reuters

Xinhua reported the provincial government had allocated 23 million yuan for emergency relief. Photo: Simon Song

The only link from Longtoushan to the outside world is through a single muddy road, six metres across, but access has been blocked by landslides. Photo: Simon Song

More than 31,000 tents, 295,000 blankets, 17,000 folding beds and 25,000 coats were being delivered to affected areas. Photo: Simon Song

Authorities are trying to drain a lake, formed by falling rock and containing more than 3,000 cubic metres of water, in neighbouring Huize. Photo: Simon Song

Residents of Longquan village yesterday had their first hot meal since the disaster struck after subsisting on dry instant noodles. Photo: Simon Song

The Yunnan earthquake death toll has climbed to 589, according to the government, as rescuers battled landslides and blocked routes to reach survivors still trapped in the disaster zone. Photo: Simon Song

120,000 homeless  in Yunnan quake

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Hundreds of military personnel and rescue workers sent to zone


A 6.6-magnitude earthquake in Jinggu county, Yunnan province, left at least one dead and 19 injured last night, state media reported.


Yunnan quake expected to take heavy toll

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Hundreds of military personnel and rescue workers sent to zone