Thirty people in Yangbi county, southwest China's Yunnan Province, who were injured after strong earthquakes hit the county, are in stable condition, local authorities said Sunday.

Four earthquakes with a magnitude of more than 5.0 struck Yangbi from 9 p.m. to 11 p.m. Beijing Time Friday. By 3 p.m. Saturday, three people were killed and 32 others injured.

By 11 a.m. Saturday, a total of 232 houses in Yangbi had collapsed and 14,122 damaged by the quakes, said Yang Xiaopeng, deputy head of Yangbi, at a press conference on Sunday evening.

More than 50,000 people in the quake-affected areas have been evacuated. Local authorities have provided shelters for nearly 27,000 people.

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