<p> Eight people were injured and nearly 1,000 houses damaged in two separate earthquakes today in different provinces of China.<br /><br /></p>.<p>A 4.8-magnitude earthquake jolted southwest China's Yunnan Province bordering Myanmar today afternoon, damaging nearly 1,000 houses and affecting the lives of more than 5,000 people.<br /><br />According to China Earthquake Networks Center, the earthquake hit Mojiang Hani Autonomous County at 1:01 pm (local time) with its epicenter 5 km deep.<br /><br />"The quake toppled 10 houses and damaged 880 others, affecting 5,016 people," said a county official.<br /><br />A 4.1-magnitude quake also hit south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region today, but no casualties were reported.<br /><br />String of tremors have strike south and southwest China over the past two days.<br /><br />Eight people were injured in a 4.9-magnitude quake, which occurred yesterday with an epicenter 6 km deep, toppled 72 houses and damaged 949 others in Yunnan's Qiaojia County.<br /><br />Neighbouring Sichuan Province was also hit by two quakes yesterday with magnitudes of 4.5 and 4.7.</p>
<p> Eight people were injured and nearly 1,000 houses damaged in two separate earthquakes today in different provinces of China.<br /><br /></p>.<p>A 4.8-magnitude earthquake jolted southwest China's Yunnan Province bordering Myanmar today afternoon, damaging nearly 1,000 houses and affecting the lives of more than 5,000 people.<br /><br />According to China Earthquake Networks Center, the earthquake hit Mojiang Hani Autonomous County at 1:01 pm (local time) with its epicenter 5 km deep.<br /><br />"The quake toppled 10 houses and damaged 880 others, affecting 5,016 people," said a county official.<br /><br />A 4.1-magnitude quake also hit south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region today, but no casualties were reported.<br /><br />String of tremors have strike south and southwest China over the past two days.<br /><br />Eight people were injured in a 4.9-magnitude quake, which occurred yesterday with an epicenter 6 km deep, toppled 72 houses and damaged 949 others in Yunnan's Qiaojia County.<br /><br />Neighbouring Sichuan Province was also hit by two quakes yesterday with magnitudes of 4.5 and 4.7.</p>