At least 150 die in strong earthquake in China's Yunnan

BEIJING. KAZINFORM - At least 150 were killed in an earthquake in China's southwestern province of Yunnan, Xinhua reported on Sunday.

The 6.5-magnutide earthquake occurred at 16:30 local time (12:30 Moscow time) on Sunday. The epicenter was located at a depth of 12 kilometres some 23 kilometres southwest of the town of Zhaotong. An earthquake measured 4.5 points rocked the north-western province Gansu in China. The tremors were fixed at 00:24 local time (20:24 Moscow time on Friday) in the Wenxian. The earthquake nested at a depth of six kilometres. The communications with several settlements and villages was partially disrupted, Itar-Tass reports.