Earthquakes shake south-west China's Yunnan
A series of earthquakes has hit south-west China, leaving at least 50 people dead and 150 injured, state-run media say.
The quakes struck the border of Yunnan and Guizhou provinces, with the largest felt at 11:19 Beijing time (03:19 GMT), Xinhua news agency said.
The US Geological Survey registered the two strongest of the series of quakes at 5.6 magnitude.
The quakes affected mostly mountainous areas that saw landslides, reports say.
John Sudworth reports.
07 Sep 2012
- From the section Asia-Pacific