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6.3-magnitude earthquake hits Tibet

A 6.3-magnitude earthquake shook China's western region of Tibet Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. ...full story at USA Today

from USA Today on Mon, Aug 25 2008

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26 Aug 08 visit Aftershocks hit Tibet after major earthquake  »  Shanghai Daily MORE than 170 aftershocks were recorded in Zhongba County in the southwestern Tibet Autonomous Region yesterday, following a 6.8-magnitude earthquake late on Monday, the regional earthquake bureau said. No casualties...
09 Jun 08 visit Magnitude 5.0 earthquake hits Qinghai  »  People's Daily A magnitude 5.0 earthquake hit Mongolian-Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Haixi in the west of northwest China's Qinghai Province early Monday morning. The quake struck at 1:56 a.m. at 33.2 degrees north latitude and 92.2 degrees ea ...
06 Oct 08 visit Earthquake jolts area near Lhasa, Tibet  »  People's Daily A 6.6-magnitude earthquake jolted Damxung County in Lhasa, the Tibet Autonomous Region capital, at 4:30 p.m. Monday, the State Seismological Bureau (SSB) said. The epicenter was at 29.8 degrees north and 90.3 degrees east, 82 km away from Lhasa. ...
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17 Jan 08 visit 6.0 magnitude earthquake jolts Tibet  »  china.org.cn An earthquake measuring 6.0 degrees on the Richter Scale hit a county in southwest Tibet Autonomous Region at 19:54 Beijing Time Wednesday, according to the China Seismological Monitoring Network.

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