2 Earthquakes Strike, Killing 4, Hurting 400

Two earthquakes struck southwestern China 1 1/2 hours apart, killing at least four people, injuring 400 others and collapsing thousands of buildings, officials said. A magnitude 5.9 quake hit Yao’an county in the southern province of Yunnan at 6:09 a.m., sending people running from their homes. An aftershock with a magnitude of 6.5 struck 90 minutes later, a county seismologist said. Four people were killed, 29 were seriously injured and 371 were slightly hurt, government seismologists and state-run television said. The State Seismology Bureau in Beijing said 4,000 buildings collapsed, but state-run television said up to 10,000 buildings had fallen or were seriously damaged.