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NEWS - Earthquake Hits China's Sout



Subject: NEWS - Earthquake Hits China's Southwest

Earthquake Hits China's Southwest

 .c The Associated Press

 BEIJING (AP) - An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.2 rocked
a county in southwest China on Thursday, killing at least one person and
injuring three others, the state-run Xinhua News Agency said.

The early morning quake hit Chengjiang county in Yunnan, a province that
borders Myanmar and Laos, Xinhua said. Chengjiang is about 30 miles
south of Yunnan's provincial capital, Kunming.

The brief Xinhua report gave no other details.

AP-NY-11-24-99 2049EST