The death toll from an earthquake that hit Yingjiang County in southwest China's Yunnan Province Thursday noon has risen to 25, local authorities said.

云南省德宏州盈江县10号发生里氏5.8级地震，死亡人数上升至25人。

So far, 250 people are confirmed injured in the 5.8-magnitude earthquake, with 134 in serious condition, the provincial civil affairs department said in a statement late Thursday.

据云南省民政厅的消息，截至10日23时30分，云南盈江发生的5.8级地震已经造成25人死亡，250人受伤，其中134人重伤。

The earthquake has toppled the homes of 1,039 families and left 4,994 others seriously damaged, mainly in the county seat near the border with Myanmar, it said.

房屋倒塌1039户、3147间，严重损坏4994户、22054间，轻度损坏7532户、24950间。

The National Committee of Disaster Reduction, Ministry of Civil Affairs and Yunnan's provincial government have dispatched 9,700 tents, 15,000 quilts, 15,000 clothes and other materials to the quake-hit region.

国家减灾委、民政部和云南省民政厅已紧急调运9700顶救灾帐篷、15000床棉被、15000件棉大衣和其他物资，帮助地震灾区紧急安置受灾群众。

背景资料

云南盈江县地处云南省西部，德宏州西北部，位于东经97°31′～98°16′，北纬24°24′～25°20′之间。其东北面与腾冲县接壤，东南面与梁河县接壤，南面与陇川县接壤，西面、西北面、西南面与缅甸为界。

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