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Official: Moderate earthquake in east China results no big damage

The 4.4-magnitude earthquake that jolted east China's Fujian Province on Saturday resulted no big damage, said local authorities on Sunday. The provincial earthquake bureau dispatched four teams of seismologist to townships and vill ... ...full story at People's Daily

from People's Daily on Mon, Jul 07 2008

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