The death toll from an earthquake that hit Yingjiang County in southwest China's Yunnan Province Thursday noon has risen to 25, local authorities said.

云南省德宏州盈江縣10號(hào)發(fā)生里氏5.8級(jí)地震，死亡人數(shù)上升至25人。

So far, 250 people are confirmed injured in the 5.8-magnitude earthquake, with 134 in serious condition, the provincial civil affairs department said in a statement late Thursday.

據(jù)云南省民政廳的消息，截至10日23時(shí)30分，云南盈江發(fā)生的5.8級(jí)地震已經(jīng)造成25人死亡，250人受傷，其中134人重傷。

The earthquake has toppled the homes of 1,039 families and left 4,994 others seriously damaged, mainly in the county seat near the border with Myanmar, it said.

房屋倒塌1039戶、3147間，嚴(yán)重?fù)p壞4994戶、22054間，輕度損壞7532戶、24950間。

The National Committee of Disaster Reduction, Ministry of Civil Affairs and Yunnan's provincial government have dispatched 9,700 tents, 15,000 quilts, 15,000 clothes and other materials to the quake-hit region.

國(guó)家減災(zāi)委、民政部和云南省民政廳已緊急調(diào)運(yùn)9700頂救災(zāi)帳篷、15000床棉被、15000件棉大衣和其他物資，幫助地震災(zāi)區(qū)緊急安置受災(zāi)群眾。

背景資料

云南盈江縣地處云南省西部，德宏州西北部，位于東經(jīng)97°31′～98°16′，北緯24°24′～25°20′之間。其東北面與騰沖縣接壤，東南面與梁河縣接壤，南面與隴川縣接壤，西面、西北面、西南面與緬甸為界。

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