At least 14 people were killed and 135 others injured in an earthquake that struck a remote area of southwest China near the border with Myanmar today. A local official said that the epicentre of the 5.4-magnitude quake, which struck at 12:58 pm was located about 225 kilometres west-southwest of Dali in Yunnan province. The quake hit at a depth of 34 kilometres, though Chinese seismologists put the depth at a shallow 10 kilometres. An official at the local earthquake relief headquarters in Yingjiang county told AFP by telephone that authorities had so far counted 14 dead and 135 injured. State television had earlier said more than 200 were hurt. Witnesses told the news agency that parts of a supermarket and hotel had caved in, and that people were buried in the debris. Military personnel were en route to the scene.