Earthquake in Yangbi County, Dali Prefecture, Yunnan Province, with broken bricks and rubble everywhere on the street (Photo source: video screenshot)
At 21:48 on May 21, a 6.4 magnitude earthquake hit Yangbi County, Dali Prefecture, Yunnan Province, cracking and collapsing many houses and killing two people and injuring nine others. Previously, earthquakes of magnitude 4.2 and 5.6 occurred in the same location. Local people are currently sleeping outside and are afraid to go home. Netizens said the tremors were felt in Kunming.
According to local media reports, a 6.4 magnitude earthquake occurred at 21:48 on May 21 in Yangbi County, Dali Prefecture, Yunnan Province (25.67 degrees north latitude, 99.87 degrees east longitude), with a depth of 8 km. The epicenter local seismic activity is now frequent, and netizens in the quake area should stay away from buildings and pay attention to safety.
An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.6 occurred in Yangbi County, Dali Prefecture, Yunnan Province on May 21 at 2121 hours. A 4.2 magnitude earthquake occurred in Yangbi County, Dali Prefecture, Yunnan Province (25.63 degrees north latitude, 99.93 degrees east longitude) at 2056 hours, with a source depth of 8 km.
It was reported that a truck driver was killed and 6 others were injured by a rolling stone in the quake area. 3 people were rescued from the buried area. Five surrounding counties were affected.
Videos posted by netizens show local people running out of their homes after the quake. People said the earthquake was the ground shook. Some residents’ houses were shattered by the bricks, and also some residents’ houses were shattered, and neighbors said people were not yet found. The streets were littered with broken bricks and rubble. People had nowhere to stay and were sitting on the street, and some streets became crowded.
Some residents were injured in the earthquake.
Some local surveillance videos show that the earth really shook when the earthquake occurred, and the people all looked very frightened.
It is reported that Yangbi County is a Yi autonomous county, located in the middle of Dali Prefecture, because the territory of Yangbi River and named, is the closest to the capital of Dali “satellite city”, also known as the “back garden” of Dali.
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