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Quake Kills at Least 19 Near China-Burma Border

   VOA News  March 10, 2011
   Rescue workers search for victims after an earthquake jolted Yingjiang
   county in southwestern China's Yunnan Province, March 10, 2011

Photo: AP

   Rescue workers search for victims after an earthquake jolted Yingjiang
   county in southwestern China's Yunnan Province, March 10, 2011

   Chinese authorities say an earthquake has toppled buildings and killed
   at  least  19  people  in  southwestern  Yunnan province, close to the
   border with Burma.
   State-run  media  quote local officials as saying more than 160 others
   were  injured  when  the  quake  struck shortly after midday Thursday.
   Authorities  say  part of a supermarket collapsed, trapping an unknown
   number of people.
   The  U.S.  Geological  Survey  said  the  5.4-magnitude earthquake was
   centered about 250 kilometers southwest of the city of Dali in Yunnan,
   and about 350 kilometers northeast of the Burmese city of Mandalay. It
   said the quake occurred at a depth of about 35 kilometers, but Chinese
   reports said the depth was only 10 kilometers.
   Xinhua  also  reported  power  outages  and  said  about  400 military
   personnel  were  on  their  way  to the scene. There were no immediate
   reports on the impact of the quake in Burma.

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