At least 221 dead as strong earthquake jolts Yunnan
By Guo Anfei in Zhaotong, Yunnan, and Cao Yin in Beijing | China Daily | Updated: 2014-08-04 07:30
At least 221 people were killed and more than 1,400 injured by a strong earthquake that jolted Southwest China's Yunnan province on Sunday afternoon.
The 6.5-magnitude quake hit at 4:30 pm on Sunday, with the epicenter in Zhaotong city.
Earthquake experts said it was the highest-magnitude earthquake to hit the province in the past 18 years.
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