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Quake hits Tibet, no damage reported

A magnitude 5 earthquake struck Tibet on Friday near the border with Nepal, close to an area hit earlier in the week by a stronger ... ...full story at USA Today

from USA Today on Fri, Aug 29 2008

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25 Sep 08 visit 6.0 quake shakes Tibet, no casualties reported as yet  »  Shanghaiist It just won't stop. This news just in from AP:A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck southwestern Tibet on Thursday near the border with Nepal, close to an area hit late last month by a stronger quake that damaged hundreds of homes. There were no immediate...
12 Oct 08 visit More than 60,000 affected in Tibet quake  »  People's Daily An earthquake followed by some 1,000 aftershocks has affected more than 60,000 people in the Tibet Autonomous Region this week, the local government said in a news conference Saturday. Since Monday's 6.6-magnitude quake struck Damxung County in...
06 May 07 visit Strong quake hits western Tibet  »  People's Daily An earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale jolted the border areas of Ali Rutog and Gerze of Tibet Autonomous Region on Saturday afternoon, China's Seismological Monitoring Network reported.
27 Aug 08 visit Two thousand evacuated after quake in Tibet  »  People's Daily About 2,000 people were safely evacuated from their homes after a 6.8-magnitude earthquake hit southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region late on Monday. Authorities on Tuesday were assessing the impact of the quake, which struck at 9:22 p.m. with...
24 Jul 08 visit Second quake hits Sichuan  »  Shanghaiist An earthquake measuring a moderate 5.5 on the Richter scale struck southwest China just before four a.m. this morning, hitting the area 48 kilometers northwest of Guangyuan that was devastated by May's massive quake. Unlike this spring's 8.0-magnitude...

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