SW China quakes injure 21, affect 110,000 others

KUNMING, Dec. 28 (Chinese media) -- A total of 21 people

were injured and nearly 110,000 others affected by Friday's earthquakes in

southwest China's Yunnan Province, according to the latest information of the

provincial civil affairs department.

Two quakes, measuring 4.9 and 4.0 on the Richter

Scale, hit Ruili city, on the China-Myanmar border, early Friday morning. The

quakes destroyed 126 houses and damaged 63,940 others in the city. Schools were

also affected.

The city's water conservancy, power, communication

and transport facilities were also affected.

The city's party secretary, Yang Yueguo, said

authorities were making every effort to treat the injured people and search for

others at the same time. No casualties were reported.

Relief material, including tents, clothes, food and

potable water have arrived in the stricken areas.

Another 4.3-magnitude quake hit Yiliang county, in

the province's capital Kunming, around 2 a.m. on Friday. There were 1,209 houses

damaged and 2,314 people affected.

Yunnan's neighboring province of Guizhou also

suffered a 4.0-magnitude quake on Friday. No casualties and no damages were

reported.