At least One dead, and many Injured from south west China major Quake

 

At least one person died and 38 others were injured after a 6.6-magnitude quake jolted a county in southwest China's Yunnan Province Tuesday night, said local government.
Eight of the injured are critical, said Yao Fucheng, an official with the government of the Jinggu Dai and Yi Autonomous County.
STRONG QUAKE, AGAIN
The quake at 9:49 p.m. (Beijing Time), with a focal depth of five kilometers, jolted Jinggu county, which, with a population of 290,000 people, is about 460 kilometers southwest of Kunming, the provincial capital.
It's the second strong quake to hit the province in about two months. A 6.5-magnitude quake struck the county of Ludian on Aug. 3, killing at least 615 people.

Strong tremor was felt on Tuesday night across the province, which is prone to earthquake disasters, the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC) said.
The quake zone has experienced constant aftershocks with the strongest one measuring 4.2 magnitude. Power supply was cut in some towns, but traffic to the quake zone remains open.
The CENC initiated a Class-II emergency response to the quake, and classified the quake as a major earthquake disaster.
The epicenter is located in the "dense-populated but underdeveloped" area, which is home to different ethnic groups. But the buildings are mostly in wooden structure, which is fairly quake-proof, said a spokesperson with the provincial seismological bureau.
"Telecommunication to the epicenter area is not so good. We are investigating the casualties," said the spokesperson.
So far, the casualties are mostly reported from the Yongping town, which has a population of some 54,000 people and is only five kilometers away from the epicenter.
"Many houses collapsed and we are investigating the casualties. The aftershocks seem non-stopping," an official with the town's Mangfei village told Xinhua.
The telecommunication service is occasionally disrupted, he confirmed.
In the town of Weiyuan, the county seat of Jinggu, terrified residents are staying in the streets.
"The whole building was shaking terribly with loud cracking sound. Plates fell off in the kitchen," Li Anqin, a local resident told Xinhua via telephone.
Li's apartment is on the ground floor. Pictures posted online show cracks on walls of some buildings in Weiyuan.
"I haven't seen any building around collapsed yet," she added.
In the neighboring city of Lincang, almost 4,700 houses were damaged.