5.4 Earthquake in China, 25 dead, over 1000 buildings down

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At least 25 killed and more than 250 injured in earthquake near border with Myanmar.
The epicentre of the 5.4-magnitude quake, which struck at 12:58pm (0458 GMT), was located about 225km west-southwest of Dali in Yunnan province, the US Geological Survey (USGS) reported on Thursday.
China Central Television said the quake hit while many people, including students, were home for a customary midday rest. The report said at least two students were among those killed, but didn't give details.
The state broadcaster showed several buildings with concrete foundations that had cracked and buckled.
On Friday, tremors from a separate quake off Japan's Pacific coast could be felt in Beijing, Al Jazeera's Melissa Chan reported. No injuries or damage was immediately reported in China from the massive quake, which has devastated much of northeastern Japan.
CCTV reported that about 100 armed police, firefighters and soldiers were using three excavators to try to rescue a man and a girl trapped inside a four-story building that had partially collapsed in Thursday's quake.MORE

25 killed, 250 injured in earthquake in China

The death toll from the 5.8 magnitude earthquake that hit Yingjiang County in southwest China’s Yunnan Province, close to Myanmar border, on Thursday has risen to 25, local authorities have said.

So far, 250 people have been injured and condition of 134 of them is said to be serious, the provincial civil affairs department said in a statement.

The National Committee of Disaster Reduction, Ministry of Civil Affairs and Yunnan’s provincial government have sent 9,700 tents, 15,000 quilts, 15,000 clothes and other relief materials to the quake-hit region, state run Xinhua news agency reported.

The earthquake toppled 1,264 houses or apartments and left 17,658 others seriously damaged, mainly in the county seat near the border with Myanmar, Zhao Yunshan, director with the county government’s press office said.MORE