4 killed, 14 injured in two earthquakes in southwest China

SANAA, Jun.01 (YPA) – At least four people were killed and 14 others injured after two earthquakes hit Ya’an City in southwest China’s Sichuan Province, on Wednesday.

A magnitude-6.1 earthquake rattled Lushan County at 5:00 p.m., followed by a magnitude-4.5 shock three minutes later in the nearby Baoxing County of the city, the Chinese public television network CTV reported.

The epicenter was monitored at 30.37 degrees north latitude and 102.94 degrees east longitude at a depth of 17 kilometers, the China Earthquake Networks Center said.

Footage broadcast by the network showed dozens of pupils screaming and sheltering under their head as their school began to shake, before they got out of their classrooms with their arms over their heads.

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