10.07.2009, 10:43 2930

Chinese Province Yunnan hit strong earthquake

Chinese Province Yunnan hit a strong earthquake on Thursday, the agency reports citing RIA Novosti.

Almaty. July 10. Kazakhstan Today - Chinese Province Yunnan hit a strong earthquake on Thursday, the agency reports citing RIA Novosti.

6 point magnitude earthquake on the Richter scale occurred in the southwest Chinese Province Yunnan.

The State Seismological Department of the Peoples Republic of China informed that the earthquake occurred at 19.19 local time. The epicenter of the earthquake was in the district Yaoan located in the mountain area in 200 kilometers from the administrative centre of the province of the city Kunming.

There have been neither casualties, nor destructions reported.

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