22 injured as 5.5-magnitude earthquake rocks China’s Yunnan province

Authorities in China’s Yunnan Province say at the least 22 folks have been injured in an earthquake measuring 5.5 that struck Ninglang county on Sunday. The earthquake struck China’s Yunnan Province round 3.02 pm | Getty Images (Representative Image)At least 22 folks have been injured in a 5.5-magnitude earthquake that struck the county of Ninglang in southwest China’s Yunnan Province on Sunday, native authorities mentioned.

The earthquake struck round 3.02 pm, and its epicentre was about 60 km away from the county seat of Ninglang, within the metropolis of Lijiang, and three km away from the closest township of Yongning, state-run Xinhua information company reported.Ninglang publicity division mentioned that various fallen tiles from village dwellings could possibly be noticed on the scene.The affected space with a seismic depth of over six levels spans 1,389 sq. km, an space with 24,000 inhabitants, the report mentioned.The hearth brigade in Ninglang has despatched 4 automobiles and 15 folks to the epicentre to research the catastrophe.A 60-member search-and-rescue workforce has additionally been assembled and dispatched.Click right here for IndiaToday.in’s full protection of the coronavirus pandemic.