This magnitude-6 earthquake started at 7:19pm local time yesterday in Guantun Township which is about 200 kilometer (124 miles) away from the provincial city of Kunming. Tents, medicines and food have been distributed to those who homes were destroyed in this earthquake.
The earthquake has damaged 30,000 buildings across six countries in Chuxiong and 30 people were seriously injured and being treated in the hospital. 3 percents of the 216,000 buildings that collapsed in the first two days after the Sichuan quake were school. As stated by the US Geological Survey, it is a magnitude 5.7 quake with a depth of 10 kilometers.
According to Xinhua, Yunnan officials is planning to send 4,500 tents, 3,000 quilts and other relief items to the quake zone. The report also stated that team from the Ministry of Civil Affairs, the National Commission for Disaster Reduction and the China Earthquake Administration are heading to the scene.
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