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One dead as three quakes hit China's disaster area
Thu, Jul 24, 2008
AFP

>BEIJING, CHINA - One person was killed and at least 10 injured on Thursday as three powerful earthquakes hit the same area of China's southwest that was devastated by a massive tremor in May, state media reported.

The three quakes rattled Sichuan province, where the May 12 quake struck leaving more than 87,000 people dead or missing, the Xinhua news agency said.

The person who died was killed in the quake that struck at 3:54 am (1954 GMT Wednesday), according to Xinhua. The US Geological Survey said that quake had magnitude of 5.8. --AFP

 

 
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