One dead, 25 injured in China quake

One person has died and at least 25 have been injured in a "moderately strong" earthquake in a remote area of south-western China’s Yunnan province.

The 5.9-magnitude quake struck yesterday afternoon in Shidian county, an area of rugged mountains 1,400 miles south-west of Beijing, said local officials.

Reports from the region said one person had died and 25 were injured, said an official at the State Seismological Bureau.

The area, not far from China’s border with Burma, is sparsely populated. A quake with a magnitude of 5 can damage homes if it occurs in a populated area.