Beijing - A second earthquake in two days hit a border region in south-western China, killing three people and injuring more than 80, news reports said.

The magnitude-5.9 quake struck Thursday night in the Yinjiang region close to the Myanmar border in Yunnan province, the official Xinhua news agency said.

More than 120,000 people evacuated the quake-hit area. A day earlier, a magnitude-5 quake damaged a number of buildings in the same county.

On May 12, at least 70,000 people were killed in a devastating earthquake in the neighbouring province of Sichuan. (dpa)