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Earthquake injures nine in Yunnan

AN earthquake measuring 4.9 on the Richter Scale injured nine people early today in Ruili, a city on China-Myanmar border in the southwestern Yunnan Province, the local earthquake bureau said. The quake hit a village... ...full story at Shanghai Daily

from Shanghai Daily on Fri, Dec 26 2008

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26 Dec 08		Earthquake injures nine in SW China » People's Daily An earthquake measuring 4.9 on the Richter Scale injured nine people early Friday in Ruili, a city on China-Myanmar border in the southwestern Yunnan Province, the local earthquake bureau said. The quake hit a village about 10 kilometers from...
27 Dec 08		Nineteen injured in southwest China earthquakes » People's Daily Nineteen people were injured and thousands were affected in two earthquakes measuring 4.3 and 4.9 on the Richter scale in China's southwestern province of Yunnan early Friday, local authorities said. A 4.9-magnitude earthquake hit Ruili, a city of...
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