Hundreds injured in China Earth quake 中國‧126萬人受災‧雲南6級地震‧至少1死300傷

Chinese state media reports that at least 350 people were injured and many homes destroyed in an earthquake recording at a 6.0 magnitude that struck southwestern China.

The earthquake struck at 7:19 pm local time on Thursday (11.19 am GMT) and was centred 98 kilometres east-northeast of Dali in Yunnan province. Xinhua news agency reports that a total of 336 people were injured by the quake and more than 2,700 homes were destroyed. It said several of the victims suffered serious injuries.

The quake was followed by several aftershocks. China National Seismological Network reported at least 8 aftershocks.

According to state officials,they have allocated 2,500 tents, 3,000 quilts and other relief materials to the affected region and two rescue teams, one headed by the Yunnan governor Qin Guangrong, and another from the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the National Commission for Disaster Reduction, were en route to the epicentre.

Last year, an earthquake of magnitude 8.0 shook Sichuan province in Southern China killing more than 87,000 people.

（中國‧雲南）中國雲南省姚安縣週四（7月9日）晚發生6級地震，造成至少1死300多人傷，126萬人受災。

成都軍區300餘名官兵，已於今日（週五，7月10日）凌晨趕抵災區救災。

中國地震台網測定，地震在週四傍晚7時19分許發生，震央距離姚安縣城16公里，深度為10公里。截至週五凌晨5時許，楚雄州大姚縣、姚安縣先後發生10多次餘震，最低震級2.8級，最高4.1級。

近2萬間房屋倒塌

據抗震救災指揮部的統計，地震至今造成楚雄州姚安、大姚、牟定、南華、元謀、永仁6縣55個鄉鎮126萬人受災，1人因災死亡，300多人受傷，40萬人疏散，近2萬間房屋倒塌，受損7萬多間。

此外，交通、水利、學校、醫院等基礎設施不同程度受損，預計經濟損失超過1億元（人民幣，下同）。

鄰近的昆明、大理、麗江等地震感亦強烈，部份房屋倒塌，道路塌方。

啟動三級應急救災

中國地震局目前已啟動三級應急響應。楚雄州、姚安縣迅速成立17個工作組，分工負責組織抗震救災工作。雲南省也緊急下撥2000萬元。

記者沿途看到有房屋倒塌，部份鄉村的供電、通訊中斷，道路被毀。

國家地震現場工作隊員趕往災區，雲南省地震局派出的現場應急人員、專家、救援人員分期分批抵達救災，迅速展開震情監測、災情評估、通訊保障等工作，協助當地政府展開抗震救災工作。目前，當地民眾情緒穩定，救災工作正在有序進行。