2006 Yanjin earthquake

The 2006 Yanjin earthquake was a 5.2 earthquake in southwestern China. It occurred on July 22, 2006, at 01:10 . Seismologists have placed the epicentre at , and its hypocenter at a depth of 10.0 . This is 35 km WNW from Zhaotong city and 1740 km SW of Beijing, the capital city of China.

The earthquake toppled at least 1400 houses and sent large boulders tumbling down the hillsides onto residential areas in the mountainous southern regions of the . Chinese officials have been reported as saying that the tremor killed 16 and injured 60 people in Yanjin County, and killed a further three and injured 46 more in nearby Daguan County.

Railroad services in the region have been halted by the quake, as the quake damaged the local railroad tracks, forcing officials to shut down service between Sichuan's and Yunnan's capital of Kunming.

Yanjin County has a population of about 350,000.

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