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Strong quake in western China's Qinghai kills 300
A series of strong earthquakes struck China's western Qinghai province Wednesday, killing at least 300 people, injuring thousands and burying many others under toppled houses in a mountainous rural area, officials and state media said.The U.S. Geological Survey said the magnitude 6.9 temblor struck an area in southern Qinghai, near Tibet, on Wednesday morning and was followed by several aftershocks. Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2010-04-14 |
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