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Three quakes hit, but no casualties reported

AN earthquake measuring 4.4 on the Richter scale jolted east China's Fujian Province at 9:36am yesterday, and moderate aftershocks are expected, China's seismological authorities said. It was one of three quakes... ...full story at Shanghai Daily

from Shanghai Daily on Sat, Jul 05 2008

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