China rocked by two separate earthquakes

Medical workers treat a woman after an earthquake in Yangbi Yi (Xinhua/AP)
Medical workers treat a woman after an earthquake in Yangbi Yi (Xinhua/AP)

At least three people have died and more than two dozen others were injured after an earthquake shook south-western China near the border with Myanmar, while a separate 7.3-magnitute quake collapsed a bridge and caused other damage in central China.

The second quake hit the southern part of Qinghai province, about 621 miles north of the first quake in Yunnan province.

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