FOG BLOG GEOLOGICAL LOG: 7.3 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE HITS CHINA:
Magnitude 7.3 earthquake
Affected countries: India, Myanmar (Burma), and China
182 km from Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai, China · May 21, 3:04 p.m.....Two Chinese provinces hit by earthquakes, with three reported dead
Series of quakes and aftershocks left at least 33 injured in north-west and south-west China.......A series of earthquakes and aftershocks have rattled south-west and north-west China, leaving at least three people dead and 33 injured, according to Chinese media.
Both Yunnan province in south-western China and Qinghai province in the north-west on the Tibetan plateau are prone to earthquakes.
The Yunnan quake, which had a magnitude of 6.4, struck first at 9.48pm on Friday (1348 GMT) near the city of Dali, a popular tourist destination, the China Earthquake Networks Centre (CENC) said. It was followed by at least two aftershocks.
At least three people died and 28 were injured in the Yunnan quake, state media People’s Daily reported. Chinese media also said that at least 192 houses collapsed and more than 20,000 people had to be evacuated from the mountainous areas.
Then a few hours later, at 18.04 GMT, more than 1,200km away, a 7.4-magnitude quake jolted China’s sparsely populated Qinghai province in the north-west, followed by an aftershock.
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