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Houses toppled as 4.9-magnitude quake hits southwest China

BEIJING : A moderate earthquake hit southwest China Monday, injuring 28 people, toppling more than 1,000 houses, and killing hundreds of livestock, local authorities reported. ...full story at Channel NewsAsia

from Channel NewsAsia on Mon, Nov 02 2009

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