Dual earthquakes take toll on Yunnan

Eighteen people were injured and more than 33,000 evacuated after two separate magnitude-5 earthquakes jolted the same area in Yunnan province on Monday and Tuesday, local authorities said.

As of Tuesday morning, the quakes had affected almost 70,000 residents in Tonghai and neighboring Huaning counties, as well as in Jiangchuan district, all administered by Yuxi.

More than 8,000 homes were damaged, though none of them collapsed, according to a statement from the provincial disaster relief authorities.