Sunday June 24, 2007
Thousands in southwest China evacuated after Myanmar quake; no injuries
BEIJING (AP): Thousands of villagers in southwest China were evacuated after a moderate earthquake struck neighboring Myanmar, Chinese officials and state media said Sunday. No injuries were reported in China.
The magnitude-5.8 temblor occurred Saturday afternoon, the Xinhua News Agency said, and was felt in several villages bordering Myanmar in the Xishuangbanna region of China's Yunnan province.
Some 16,000 residents were moved to safer grounds to prevent injuries from potential landslides, Xinhua said. Rescue workers have also distributed 500 tents, it said.
A man who answered the telephone at China's State Seismological Bureau in Beijing confirmed the quake but said he had no details.
Telephones were not answered at government offices of Menghai, the county where most of the villages are located. A woman at the Menghai Civil Affairs Department said she felt the earthquake and at least two aftershocks but would not give any details.
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