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China:Earthquake:2008/12/26
Duration2008/12/26 Two earthquakes measuring 4.3 and 4.9 on the Richter scale jolted China's southwestern province of Yunnan early on 26 December 2008, injuring nine people and affecting more than 100,000.
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  • Xinhua News 2008/12/28
    A total of 21 people were injured and nearly 110,000 others affected by the earthquakes in southwest China\'s Yunnan Province
  • Xinhua News 2008/12/26
    More than 100,000 people in Ruili city were affected, about 30,000 of whom had been evacuated to safer places.
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