BEIJING (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 23rd June, 2019) The number of people injured in a magnitude 5.4 earthquake in China's southwestern Sichuan province rose to 19, local authorities said in a statement Sunday.
"Nineteen people were injured as a result of the magnitude 5.4 earthquake in the Gongxian County of the city district of Yibin in Sichuan province, 11 of them remain in hospitals," the statement said.
The quake struck at about 10:29 p.m. Beijing time (14:29 GMT) on Saturday.
On Monday, a 6.0 magnitude earthquake struck Sichuan's Changning County and another 5.1 magnitude quake erupted in the neighboring Gong County. At least 13 people were killed as a result of the earthquakes.
