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Laura Zhou

Nectar Gan

Thousands of rescuers were deployed in Yunnan on Wednesday after a strong 6.6-magnitude earthquake left one person dead and more than 300 injured.
Officials said the Tuesday night quake left at least 324 injured, eight seriously. The death toll is expected to rise even further as more thorough checks of the area are made, the China Earthquake Administration said.

"We spent the night on the town square, sleeping in tents provided by the government,”said the owner of the Jianglong Hotel in Yongping town in Jinggu county, who gave his surname as Jiang. “The aftershocks just kept coming. All the shops in town are closed today.”
Jiang said a few single-storey houses in the town had collapsed, but most buildings remained standing.
“I was scared, and I’m still very scared at this moment,” he said.
A worker at the Taili Hotel in Jinggu county, about 50km from Yongping, said she was working when the quake struck.
“The tremors were very strong, said the woman, surnamed Yang. “The whole building was shaking. The plaster on the wall fell off, and the water pipes on the top floor were all broken.”
Mobile phone signals were disrupted for more than half an hour after the quake, and had been unstable up to this morning, Yang said. She and her family slept outside their apartment building last night, fearing that the building may collapse in aftershocks. “Many people slept in the parks or by the lakefront last night,” she said.
Premier Li Keqiang ordered an “all out effort” to rescue quake victims, ensure the delivery of food, water and other supplies and fix damaged transport links, AP reported.
Meanwhile, 3,200 troops were dispatched in a “race to save more lives”, according to Xinhua.
About 13,000 homes were damaged, and about 7,000 collapsed in the quake, which affected more than 92,700 local residents in the county – located about 400km southwest of Kunming, the provincial capital, Xinhua reported. In addition, 56,880 people were evacuated, it said, and caused serious damage to infrastructure, including 36 bridges destroyed. More than 11,000 families suffered power outages.
It also caused a crack, 5-8cm wide, in a dam in Changhai Reservoir in Yongping town.
The Chengdu Military Area Command of the People’s Liberation Army has deployed more than 1,000 troops, paramilitary forces and medical workers to Jinggu, and 1,000 armed police officers based in the province were sent to the quake zone last night.
As of 8am today, the China Earthquake Administration said there had been 202 aftershocks in the region, with two of them registering magnitudes of 4 and 4.9.
 


Death toll expected to mount in Yunnan earthquake

Rescue teams beginning up relief tents in Mengla village, Jinggu county, in Yunnan province after Tuesday night's earthquake. Photo: Xinhua

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One victim killed and more than 300 injured, but officials expect the numbers to rise after a 6.6-magnitude quake on Tuesday night hit Jinggu and surrounding counties


Thousands of rescuers were deployed in Yunnan on Wednesday after a strong 6.6-magnitude earthquake left one person dead and more than 300 injured.


Death toll expected to mount in Yunnan earthquake

.css-1c6uqr6{color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;overflow-wrap:break-word;}One victim killed and more than 300 injured, but officials expect the numbers to rise after a 6.6-magnitude quake on Tuesday night hit Jinggu and surrounding counties

One victim killed and more than 300 injured, but officials expect the numbers to rise after a 6.6-magnitude quake on Tuesday night hit Jinggu and surrounding counties