Earthquake Kills 64 in Southwest China
![Two shallow 5.6 magnitude earthquakes hit southwestern China on Friday, killing at least 64 people and forcing tens of thousands of people from damaged buildings, Sept. 7, 2012.](https://gdb.voanews.com/abf35ce3-afcd-4476-8bfe-88a183a9757e_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Two shallow 5.6 magnitude earthquakes hit southwestern China on Friday, killing at least 64 people and forcing tens of thousands of people from damaged buildings, Sept. 7, 2012.
![Vehicles make their way slowly along the road after a rock-fall in Yiliang, southwest China's Yunnan province, Sept. 7, 2012.](https://gdb.voanews.com/ca17cf11-980b-4e96-bf12-a127b8a0226b_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Vehicles make their way slowly along the road after a rock-fall in Yiliang, southwest China's Yunnan province, Sept. 7, 2012.
![Soldiers carry children as locals follow them towards safer area after two earthquakes hit Zhaotong, Yunnan province, Sept. 7, 2012.](https://gdb.voanews.com/f4feb1a0-0e8c-4664-88e9-2e37cd7026e3_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Soldiers carry children as locals follow them towards safer area after two earthquakes hit Zhaotong, Yunnan province, Sept. 7, 2012.
![Residents gather to cook a meal in Yiliang, southwest China's Yunnan province following two shallow quakes that struck the remote and mountainous border area of Yunnan and Guizhou province of southwest China, Sept. 7, 2012.](https://gdb.voanews.com/4df73a1a-1ca9-4a30-b305-89b57b26b077_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Residents gather to cook a meal in Yiliang, southwest China's Yunnan province following two shallow quakes that struck the remote and mountainous border area of Yunnan and Guizhou province of southwest China, Sept. 7, 2012.