(MENAFN- Qatar News Agency) At least 25 people were injured and 21,000 relocated due to the 5.3-magnitude earthquake which struck a county in southwest China early on Saturday, authorities said. The quake hit Yongshan County, Yunnan Province, with the epicenter 13 km deep, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center.
According to the county government's information office, at least 25 people were injured and 68,600 residents were affected in the earthquake. It said five of the injured are in a serious condition. Among the 2,731 damaged houses, 75 collapsed. A total of 48 schools were damaged across six towns. Electricity, transportation and communications in the area are back to normal. The earthquake-hit area was in a mountainous region. Two roads to the epicenter had been blocked by fallen rocks, but were later reopened
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