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At least 3 dead, 27 hurt as quake shakes southwest China
A strong, shallow quake has shaken southwestern China near the border with Myanmar, killing at least three people and injuring more than two dozen as authorities rushed relief goods including tents to the area
ByThe Associated Press
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The Associated Press
In this photo released by China s Xinhua News Agency, medical workers treat a woman after an earthquake in Yangbi Yi Autonomous County in southwestern China s Yunnan Province, early Saturday, May 22, 2021. A pair of strong earthquakes struck two provinces in China overnight on Saturday. (Hu Chao/Xinhua via AP)
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the southwestern Chinese province of Yunnan late Friday, killing at
least two people, local officials and seismologists said.
The US Geological Survey said the epicentre of the quake which
hit at 9:48 pm (1348 GMT) at a relatively shallow depth of 10
kilometres (six miles) was near the city of Dali, a popular tourist
destination.
Two people were confirmed dead after the earthquake in the
mountainous province, local officials said in a statement in the early
hours of Saturday, adding that at least 17 others had been injured and
were receiving treatment.
More than 100,000 people live in the area, the vast majority of
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