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9 injured in Yunnan earthquake
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2005-08-07 10:27 The earthquake which jolted
the county of Huize in southwest China's Yunnan Province Friday left nine
injured as of 7:00 p.m. Saturday.
Xiao Liang, vice magistrate of the county, said the quake, measuring 5.3 on
the Richter Scale, toppled down 3,700 houses and affected more than 25,000
households.
"We have never experienced a disastrous earthquake like this. We were
terrified when it happened," said 50-year-old villager Zhang Yingyu.
The source with the county's disaster relief headquarters said they have
mobilized 173 medical workers and 11 ambulances with medicines worth 270,000
yuan (about 32,600 US dollars) to the quake-hit areas.
The government put up tents to form a 30,000-square-meter temporary living
area and distributed 30,000 kilograms of rice and 350 quilts to the disaster-hit
people.
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