18 injured in magnitude-5 quake in Yunnan

An injured person is transferred to safety area in Tonghai County, Southwest China's Yunnan province, Aug 13, 2018. [Photo/Xinhua]

At the epicenter in the township of Sijie in Tonghai, hundreds of residents spent the night following the quake at a 16,000-square-meter shelter near the county government.

In Zhewan Village, one of the worst-hit villages in Sijie, 80 percent of homes were damaged, according to Gao Guangjin, a Party official with the village, adding that around 600 of the 830 residents in the village would spend Monday night in a total of 130 tents.

The provincial civil affairs department has allocated 200 tents, 600 beds and 1,000 quilts to quake-affected regions.

Editor: John Li