More than 300 injured in SW China 6.0-magnitude quake

08:12, 10 July 2009

KUNMING. July 10. KAZINFORM More than 300 people were injured and more than 10,000 houses collapsed in a 6.0-magnitude earthquake that hit southwest China's Yunnan Province Thursday evening, local authorities said, Kazinform cites Xinhuanet.

Among the victims, 30 suffered severe injuries while the other 305 were slightly injured as of 1 a.m., said the quake-relief headquarters in Yao'an County, Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture.

All the severely injured were being treated at the People's Hospital of Yao'an.

The headquarters previously put the number of injuries at 336, among whom 56 were severely injured.

More than 10,000 houses collapsed and more than 30,000 others were damaged in six counties in Chuxiong, according to the latest figure.

The quake occurred at 7:19 p.m., at a depth of about 10 kilometers, with the epicenter in the county's Guantun Township, about 200 km from the provincial city of Kunming, said the China Earthquake Networks Center, Kazinform refers to Xinhuanet.

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