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China : Earthquake : 2008/08/21
GLIDE: EQ-2008-000138-CHN  DRR & Disaster Information

Duration 2008/08/21
Country
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District		 China
Name Earthquake
Outline A 5.9-magnitude quake struck at 8:24 p.m. on 21 August 2008 in Yunnan Province, southwest China killed three and injured about 100.

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Report/Articles
  • Xinhua News 2008/08/25
    Three people were killed and 117 others injured in last week\'s quake. The tremors destroyed 11,360 houses and damaged 77,747 others, forcing 125,000to be evacuated.
  • Xinhua News 2008/08/22
    Death toll rises to three in aftershock in southwest China
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