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The Star
a day ago
- Climate
- The Star
5.0-magnitude quake affects nearly 6000 in China's Yunnan
Rescuers prepare to set up temporary shelters at Baicao village of Eryuan county in Dali Bai autonomous prefecture, Southwest China's Yunnan province, June 5, 2025. - Photo: Xinhua BEIJING: Over 5,900 people were affected by Thursday's (June 5) 5.0-magnitude earthquake in Eryuan county, Yunnan province, and no casualties had been reported as of 11am, according to the local earthquake rescue and relief headquarters. The earthquake struck the county in Dali Bai autonomous prefecture at 4.31am Thursday (Beijing Time), according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC). The epicenter was monitored at 26.26 degrees north latitude and 100.03 degrees east longitude. The quake struck at a depth of 10 km, said a report issued by the CENC. The county headquarters in Dali Bai autonomous prefecture stated that 3,936 residents had been evacuated, as Chinese online media outlet ThePaper reported on Thursday afternoon. This drone photo shows rescuers setting up temporary shelters at Baicao village of Eryuan county in Dali Bai autonomous prefecture, Southwest China's Yunnan province, June 5, 2025. - Photo: Xinhua So far, 179 houses were damaged, and roads in Sanying and Niujie townships partially collapsed due to the quake. However, they have now been cleared and reopened to traffic, it said. After the quake, the Yunnan Earthquake Agency initiated a Level Ⅲ emergency response, and a 20-person on-site work team was dispatched in waves to the affected area for loss evaluation and earthquake monitoring. The prefecture and county governments have sent 34 vehicles and 169 people for rescue work. - China Daily/ANN
India Today
2 days ago
- Science
- India Today
Earthquake of magnitude 5 strikes China's Yunnan province in wee hours
A 5.0-magnitude earthquake struck Dali in China's Yunnan province early Thursday, the China Earthquake Networks Centre (CENC) reported. There are no immediate reports of damage or casualties. Authorities are monitoring the earthquake struck at 4:13 AM local time (2013 GMT) and had a depth of 10 kilometres (about 6.2 miles).ACTIVE PLATE COLLISIONS MAKE YUNNAN EARTHQUAKE-PRONEYunnan province often faces jolts due to its geographical location. It lies where the Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates meet. These plates have been pushing against each other for millions of years, with the Indian plate moving about 5 centimetres north every year. This slow but powerful movement is also what created the Himalayas and causes frequent earthquakes in southwestern China, including Due to this pressure, cracks form in the Earth's crust, particularly along fault lines like Longmenshan and Xiaohe-Baogunao. These areas have triggered strong earthquakes in the to the China Earthquake Networks Centre (CENC), there have been 118 earthquakes measuring 3.0 magnitude or more within 200 kilometres of Dali in the last five years. The strongest was a 6.4 magnitude quake in May 2021. Yunnan's high mountains, which are part of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, also make the area more likely to feel strong also has a history of strong earthquakes, especially near Tengchong in the Gaoligong Mountains. That area has seen over 70 earthquakes stronger than magnitude 5, and it also has signs of underground activity like hot springs and old volcanic zones. These are further signs that the ground beneath Yunnan is very active and likely to produce more earthquakes in the Watch
New Straits Times
2 days ago
- Climate
- New Straits Times
Magnitude 5.0 quake strikes China's Yunnan
BEIJING: An earthquake of magnitude 5.0 struck the city of Dali in China's southwestern Yunnan province early on Thursday, the China Earthquake Networks Centre (CENC) said. The quake happened at 4.13am (2013 GMT), at a depth of 10 kilometres (6.21 miles). According to records, there have been 118 earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or more within 200 km around the epicentre in the past five years, the CENC said on its WeChat account. The largest quake among those records was a 6.4-magnitude earthquake that occurred 68 km from the epicentre in May 2021. -REUTERS
Al Arabiya
28-03-2025
- Climate
- Al Arabiya
Strong earthquake in central Myanmar, panic in Bangkok
An earthquake of magnitude 6.9 struck Myanmar, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) said on Friday, while hundreds of people poured out of buildings in the Thai capital Bangkok after the tremors. There was no immediate word from Myanmar on damage after the quake, which GFZ said was at a depth of 10 km (6.21 miles) with the epicenter near the city of Mandalay. Witnesses in Bangkok said people ran out onto the streets in panic and water splashed out of swimming pools. Tremors from the strong earthquake were also felt in China's southwest Yunnan province, according to Beijing's quake agency. The China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC) said the jolt measured magnitude 7.9, according to the Xinhua news agency, with a social media post by CENC saying 'tremors were felt in Yunnan.'
