SW China quake kills 4, injures over 100

 KUNMING, June 25 (Xinhua) -- At least four people have been killed and over 100 others injured after an earthquake hit a mountainous area in southwest China on Sunday, local authorities said on Monday.

The magnitude-5.7 quake, which struck the border of Yunnan and Sichuan provinces at 3:59 p.m., killed three people in Ninglang county of Yunnan and another one in Sichuan's Yanyuan county.

On Sunday, the earthquake was followed by 53 aftershocks and the strongest one was measured at magnitude 3.8, said Chen Qin, deputy head of the Yunnan provincial¹ seismology bureau.

As of 2 a.m., 106 people, including seven tourists, have been found injured in Ninglang, where the quake was strongly felt and many Yi ethnic² minority live. Twenty of them suffered severe wounds, said He Lianghui, mayor of Lijiang city, which administers Ninglang.

The quake toppled over 4,280 houses and cut roads and water supplies in the county, disrupting the lives of more than 21,800 people, said He.

It also killed more than 1,200 domestic animals, He said.

A quake relief headquarters has been set up and a team of 1,300 rescuers have been dispatched to the quake-hit region, according to the city government.

Provincial and city authorities had sent relief supplies, including tents, coats, quilts, bottled water and food to Ninglang.

1 provincial   

adj.省的，地方的；n．外省人，乡下人

参考例句：

• City dwellers think country folk have provincial attitudes.城里人以为乡下人思想迂腐。
• Two leading cadres came down from the provincial capital yesterday.昨天从省里下来了两位领导干部。

2 ethnic   

adj.人种的，种族的，异教徒的

参考例句：

• This music would sound more ethnic if you played it in steel drums.如果你用钢鼓演奏，这首乐曲将更具民族特色。
• The plan is likely only to aggravate ethnic frictions.这一方案很有可能只会加剧种族冲突。