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Earthquake measuring 7.8 Richter scale hits SW China

A major earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale jolted Wenchuan County of southwest China's Sichuan Province at 2:28 p.m. Monday, the State Seismological Bureau said, revising a previous figure of 7.6. The epicenter of the quake w ... ...full story at People's Daily

from People's Daily on Mon, May 12 2008

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