Quake in China's Yunnan province kills three, injures 28 as Red Cross sends aid to area


Firefighters carry supplies for people displaced by an overnight earthquake in Yangbi County, Dali Prefecture in China's southwest Yunnan province on May 22, 2021. - AFP

YUNNAN, May 22 (Reuters): A 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck Yunnan province in southwestern China late on Friday (May 21), killing three people and injured 28, the Yunnan provincial government said on Saturday.

The quake hit at a depth of 8 km (5 miles) and was followed by aftershocks, according to data from China Earthquake Networks Centre..

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