Fresh aftershock jolts quake-hit Chinese province

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[SIZE=+1]Fresh aftershock jolts quake-hit Chinese province[/SIZE]
China National News
Monday 13th July, 2009
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Kunming (China), July 13 (Xinhua) A moderate aftershock jolted south China's Yunnan province early Monday after an earthquake hit the area Thursday evening and damaged 625,000 houses.

The 4.7 magnitude quake rocked Yao'an county at midnight and lasted about 10 seconds.

Thursday's earthquake, which measured 6 on the Richter scale, killed one woman and injured 367.

Rescuers have evacuated 255,000 people, local authorities said. The people have been relocated to tents, makeshift houses or homes of relatives.

After Thursday's quake, 30,832 houses collapsed and another 625,000 were dama

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Just arrived in Tonghai ,Yunnan .It's about 120+km nort of Kummin . It.s 22:30 China time ; no tremors . Meetings for next four days then back home sweet home.[/SIZE][/SIZE]

 

[YukonJack]

So what?

 

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[SIZE=+1]China earthquake worse than feared[/SIZE]
China National News
Saturday 11th July, 2009

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A powerful earthquake that flattened thousands of homes in the southwestern part of China has caused a rush of emergency workers to enter the worst-hit areas.

Residents have been devastated by the destruction caused by Thursday's magnitude 6.0 earthquake in China's Yunnan province.

Chinese officials have called for relief efforts to be steeped up and for supplies to be sent to the region as quickly as possible.

Already, thousands of people have taken refuge inside tents.

Groups of soldiers have been shovelling through rubble in an effort to find survivors in the collapsed houses.

So many homes have collapsed that it has been difficult for officials to keep tally.

The official Xinhua news agency says the quake destroyed more than 18,000 homes and damaged 75,000.

The death toll has not yet been assessed but over 250,000 people have been left homeless.

 

[gerryh]

even if the quarter million homeless was the death toll, it would hardly make a dent in the population....how unfortunate.

 

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gerryh

even if the quarter million homeless was the death toll, it would hardly make a dent in the population....how unfortunate.

You truly must be a person very angry with himself , pity .

 

[gerryh]

So what?

exactley, so many complaining about over population......chinese mainland would be the perfect place to start solving that problem.