Poor Burma cops it again !!

Earthquake hits China-Burma border

14:45 AEST Wed Aug 20 2008
1 hour 46 minutes ago


A 5.3-magnitude earthquake has hit China's border with Burma, destroying homes and forcing more than a thousand people to evacuate, officials have said.

The tremor struck at 5.35am (0735 AEST), 224km from the city of Dali in southwest China and 65km from Myitkyina in Burma, according to a statement on the website of the US Geological Survey (USGS).
The USGS said the quake was centred at a depth of about 8km.
About 1,200 people were forced to evacuate their homes near the epicentre, an area populated with large numbers of ethnic minorities, China's state-run Xinhua news agency said.
Many homes collapsed in Sudian and several other towns also reported damage, Xinhua reported.
There were no immediate reports of casualties, according to the agency.
A massive quake hit southwest China in May, leaving nearly 70,000 dead, with about 18,000 people still missing.

Earthquake hits China-Burma border