PTI: At least 43 people were injured and 35,000 others evacuated after the 6.1-magnitude earthquake jolted a county in China's southwestern Yunnan Province.        

The quake hit Yingjiang County under Dai-Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture of Dehong on Friday.        

About 150,000 residents in 15 townships were affected and of them, 35,000 have been relocated, said Wang Junqiang, the Communist Party chief of Dehong Prefecture.        

Meanwhile, 3,390 rooms were toppled and 18,000 more were severely damaged, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.        

Even though the quake had a higher magnitude compared to one a week ago, it did not cause bigger losses as local authorities had warned of aftershocks and secondary disasters and evacuated residents from damaged buildings, Wang said.        

The Yunnan government has initiated a grade II emergency response, sending a work team of over 50 people for surveying, investigation and disaster evaluation.        

More than 3,500 soldiers, paramilitary officers and policemen are involved in the rescue work.