Earthquake Kills 5 in China

World | November 15, 2003, Saturday // 00:00

A moderate earthquake hit the southwestern China interior early Saturday, killing at least five people and injuring 27, the government said. The 5.1-magnitude on the Richter scale quake rumbled through Zhaotong, a town in Yunnan province, at 2:49 am local time Saturday, according to an official at the China's State Seismological Bureau. The official Xinhua News Agency said rescue work had begun. The government's seismological monitoring network said the epicenter of the quake was about 1,250 miles southwest of Beijing.

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