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號發(fā)生里氏5.8級地震，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30分，云南盈江發(fā)生的5.8級地震已經(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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