Over 120,000 affected by SW China quake
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The lives of more than 120,000 people in a prefecture in southwest China's Yunnan Province have been affected by earthquakes that occurred last week.
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The lives of more than 120,000 people in a prefecture in southwest China's Yunnan Province have been affected by earthquakes that occurred last week. |
The government of the Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Deqen said on Monday that a 5.1-magnitude quake and a 5.9-magnitude quake that hit the province on August 28 and 31, respectively, have caused a direct economic loss of nearly 1.5 billion yuan (240 million U.S. dollars) and affected more than 120,000 people there.
According to statistics released by the government, as of 12 a.m. on Monday, three people had been killed and 44 others injured in the counties of Shangri-La and Deqen, the worst-hit areas in the quakes.
Following the two quakes and 753 aftershocks in the prefecture, 596 houses there have collapsed, and 14,359 houses and more than 870 km of road have been damaged.
Quake and aftershock-triggered landslides have also suspended telecommunication, power and water supply in Deqen.
As of 7:30 p.m., all the injured people have received treatment in local hospitals, while more than 20,000 affected residents have been relocated to safe places.
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