BEIJING (Reuters) - Two shallow 5.6 magnitude earthquakes hit mountainous south-western China on Friday, killing at least 50 people and forcing tens of thousands of people from damaged buildings, state media said.
The quakes struck near the border of Yunnan and Guizhou provinces, the first one at 11:19 a.m. (4:19 a.m. British time) and the second one about 45 minutes later, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
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