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BEIJING: The death toll from two earthquakes that struck China's border with Myanmar just minutes apart rose to three on Friday, while about 100 more were reported injured, state media said.
The toll is up from the one fatality reported after the quakes, measuring 5.0 and 5.9, hit Thursday in southwest China's Yunnan province, 200 kilometres from the city of Dali, a popular tourist spot.
The official Xinhua news agency said the first victim was a woman in her 30s, but did not describe the two other victims.
Most of the injured, including 20 who were seriously hurt, were treated at the People's Hospital of Yingjiang county, the report said.
It said the tremor destroyed six homes and damaged 4,056 others around the county, including 17 school buildings.
Most of the damaged structures were "in a dangerous state", it added.
Power and telecommunications networks were cut in the main districts of the county following the quakes, but electricity was restored in some of the stricken areas by Thursday evening, according to the agency.
The epicentre of the quakes, which both hit at a depth of 10 kilometres, was less than 30 kilometres away from the spot where a 5.3-magnitude tremor hit early Wednesday.
A massive quake hit southwest China's Sichuan province bordering on Yunnan in May, leaving nearly 70,000 dead, with about 18,000 people still missing.
- AFP/yb
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