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Kunming / UNI / Xinhua: 22 people were injured in a 5.4-magnitude earthquake that struck Ninglang County in China’s Yunnan Province at 1502 on Sunday, local authorities said.
The quake struck near the border between Yunnan and Sichuan provinces, according to the US Geological Survey, which put the depth at 38 kilometers.
The epicenter was about 60 km from the county seat of Ninglang County in Lijiang City and 3 km from the nearest town of Yongning.
The provincial seismological department said there were no reports so far of damage to homes, but the Xinhua News Agency said 60 search and rescue teams had been dispatched to the epicenter.
The Yunnan Seismological Bureau said two people were seriously injured in Ninglang County.
Later, the China Earthquake Networks Center measured the magnitude at 5.5 at a depth of 10 km.
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