Sunday, August 3, 2014

Earthquake hits China - 367 dead

(Yunnan province) A strong earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale killed at least 367 people, injuring at least 1300 people, with another 180 people missing.

The quake struck 11 kilometres north-west of the town of Wenping at a relatively shallow depth of 10 kilometres at 16.30 local time.