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| Earthquake 'kills 26' in south-west China | |
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| At least 26 people have been killed and scores more injured after a magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck in south-west China, state media say. | |
| The US Geological Survey said the quake struck about 11km (7 miles) north-west of Wenping in Yunnan province at 16:30 local time (08:30 GMT). | |
| One local official told Xinhua news agency that many houses had collapsed. | |
| State broadcaster CCTV said the earthquake was the strongest to hit the province in 14 years. | |
| Xinhua said at least 79 people had been injured. | |
| All of the casualties reported so far are in Qiaojia County of the Zhaotong region, which appeared to be the hardest hit. | |
| Chen Guoyong, the head of Longtoushan township, told Xinhua that many houses had fallen and rescuers had been sent to the epicentre. | |
| The USGS said the quake struck at a depth of about 10km. | |
| In 1970, a magnitude 7.7 quake in Yunnan killed at least 15,000 people. |