Beijing, Shawwal 7, 1435, Aug 3, 2014, SPA -- At least 367 people were killed after a strong earthquake on Sunday rattled China's south-western province of Yunan, according to the official Xinhua news agency and rescue services which quoted by news agencies as reporting. Hundreds more were injured, Xinhua and state broadcaster CCTV said, citing the authorities. The China Earthquake Networks Centre said it was a 6.5-magnitude quake. The epicenter was in Longtoushan town, in the county of Ludian which has a population of 430,000, according to Xinhua. More than 12,000 homes collapsed and 30,000 were damaged, while power lines were severed and telecommunications services were cut off, the agency reported. --SPA 22:55 LOCAL TIME 19:55 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w
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