A 6.1-magnitude earthquake strikes Yunnan Province, China, killing one person

The quake struck at 21:48 (1348 GMT) near the city of Daly in China. (representative)

Beijing:

A 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck southwest China’s Yunnan Province Friday evening, killing at least one person, local officials and seismologists said.

The US Geological Survey said the epicenter – which occurred at 9:48 p.m. (1348 GMT) at a relatively shallow 10 km depth – was near Daly, a popular tourist destination.

Initial size revised 6.0.

In a statement, regional officials said that at least one person was confirmed killed after the earthquake in the mountainous region, a truck driver who was crushed by a falling rock, adding that three other people were buried under the rubble.

Local media published videos showing ceiling lamps swinging and vases falling from shelves, as well as groups of people running outdoors after the earthquake.

The provincial government said some buildings had collapsed and others were damaged, and “the disaster situation is subject to further verification.”

The China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC) warned people to “stay away from buildings” in a post on the Twitter-like platform Weibo.

The earthquake observatory said the quake followed a series of small quakes less than an hour ago.

Yunnan is very vulnerable to earthquakes. The region experiences frequent seismic activity from the collision of the Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates, which make up the vast Himalayan mountain range.

In October 2014, hundreds of people were injured and more than 100,000 were displaced after a 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck Yunnan, near China’s border with Myanmar and Laos.

China is regularly hit by earthquakes, especially in the mountainous western and southwestern regions where Yunnan is located.

A powerful earthquake measuring 7.9 in the southwestern Sichuan Province in 2008 killed or missing 87,000 people.

In February 2003, a powerful 6.8 magnitude earthquake killed 268 people in Xinjiang and caused significant damage.

(This story has not been edited by NDTV Staff and is automatically generated from a shared feed.)

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