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Mimi Lau

China has been hit by two massive earthquakes in its northwest and southwest, killing at least three people and injuring dozens of others.
A magnitude-6.4 quake hit Yunnan province in southwest China at 9.48pm near the city of Dali, a popular tourist destination.
Two people in Yangpi county and another in Yongping county were killed while 28 others were injured, three of them seriously.
In all, 192 houses collapsed and another 13,000 homes sustained structural damage.
More than 20,000 people had to be evacuated from the mountainous areas.
Intercity train services to Dali were cancelled and coach services were disrupted due to damaged highways, roads and bridges.
Nearly 400 tremors have been reported at the epicentre since Friday night, including 13 of at least magnitude 4.0.
About four hours later and 1,000km (620 miles) away, a magnitude-7.4 quake struck Maduo county in the Golog Tibetan autonomous prefecture in Qinghai province. The quake occurred at 2.04am on Saturday and was one of the biggest in the country since the 2008 Sichuan disaster, according to the China Earthquake Networks Centre.
According to Qinghai Daily, the quake was felt across the region and in the southern part of Gansu province. As of Saturday morning, more than 453 aftershocks had been recorded. Of those, eight were measured at magnitude 4.0 and above and one was at 5.1.

The two earthquakes were too far apart to be considered to be directly related and both were described as shallow.
The United States Geological Survey measured the Qinghai earthquake at a magnitude of 7.3 and the one in Yunnan at 6.1.
No casualties were reported in the sparsely populated Maduo county but the region’s infrastructure was damaged severely. According to People’s Daily, at least two bridges collapsed and two sections of highway were destroyed. Local buildings sustained minor structural damage.
Eight residents of Maduo county were reportedly injured – one had a minor concussion after falling out of bed and the other fractured an ankle.
State news agency Xinhua reported that emergency personnel and disaster relief teams were sent to both sites.

A powerful 7.9-magnitude quake in southwest Sichuan province in 2008, with 87,000 people dead or missing.
In February 2003, a 6.8-magnitude quake killed 268 people in Xinjiang in the country’s west and caused significant damage.
In 2010, a 6.9-magnitude quake in Qinghai left 3,000 people dead or missing.
And in October 2014, hundreds of people were injured and more than 100,000 displaced after a 6.0-magnitude tremor hit Yunnan, close to China’s borders with Myanmar and Laos.


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Yunnan province hit by magnitude-6.4 jolt on Friday night
Qinghai struck just hours later by a 7.4-magnitude quake



Yunnan province hit by magnitude-6.4 jolt on Friday night and Qinghai struck just hours later by a 7.4-magnitude quake.


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Two strong earthquakes rattle China, killing at least three

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Yunnan province hit by magnitude-6.4 jolt on Friday night

Qinghai struck just hours later by a 7.4-magnitude quake