CHENGDU, June 11 (Xinhua) -- Four people were injured after earthquakes hit southwest China's Sichuan Province on Friday, according to local authorities.
A 5.8-magnitude quake and a 6.0-magnitude quake struck the city of Maerkang in Aba Tibetan-Qiang Autonomous Prefecture in the early hours of Friday, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center.
A total of 25,790 people had been affected by the quakes as of 7 p.m. Friday, said the earthquake relief headquarters. In Aba's Jinchuan County, 24,808 people were relocated.
Authorities have dispatched more than 2,800 firemen, police officers and other rescuers to the quake-hit areas. ■
