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Xi urges full efforts after Yunnan quake  

习近平对云南省普洱市景谷县6.6级地震作出重要指示

习近平强调有关地方和部门要全力以赴抢救受伤群众,要求驻地解放军、武警部队等有关方面迅速投入抗震救灾.[查看全文]
2014-10-08 20:04 Xinhua Web Editor: Mo Hong'e
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Chinese President Xi Jinping has urged maximum efforts to save people affected by Tuesday's Yunnan earthquake by all possible means.  [Special coverage]

A 6.6-magnitude quake hit Jinggu County in southwest China's Yunnan province at 9:49 pm Beijing Time on Tuesday, killing at least one person and leaving 324 injured, 12 seriously.

In a written instruction issued on Wednesday, Xi urged local governments and the armed forces to join quake relief work as fast as possible, strengthen monitoring of aftershocks, take precautions against secondary disasters and reduce damage to the minimum.

Some 124,600 people were affected, and some 59,000 people were evacuated. The quake also destroyed nearly 7,000 buildings.

It's the second strong quake to hit the province in two months. A 6.5-magnitude quake struck Ludian county on Aug 3, killing at least 615 people.

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