Updated Tuesday, November 3, 2009 10:18 am TWN, AFP

Houses topple as 4.9-quake hits southwest China: gov't

BEIJING -- A moderate earthquake hit southwest China Monday, injuring 28 people, toppling more than 1,000 houses, and killing hundreds of livestock, local authorities reported.

The 4.9-magnitude quake hit Yunnan province early Monday morning not far from popular tourist destination Dali, striking at a depth of 35 kilometers (22 miles), the U.S. Geological Survey said on its Web site.

Nearly 300,000 people were affected by the tremor, but no deaths were immediately reported, an official at the Dali civil affairs bureau surnamed Zhao told AFP.

Zhao said more than 400 livestock, including sheep, chicken and pigs, had been killed.

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