[nukkad] Fwd: Major earthquake hits central china

["Anantha Narayanan" <>]

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CHONGQING, China (AP) — One of the worst earthquakes in decades struck
central China on Monday, killing nearly 9,000 people, trapping about 900
students under the rubble of their school and causing a toxic chemical leak,
state media reported.

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The 7.8-magnitude earthquake devastated a hilly region of small cities and
towns. The official Xinhua News Agency said 8,533 people died in Sichuan
province and more than 200 others were killed in three other provinces and
the mega-city of Chongqing.

Xinhua said 80 percent of the buildings had collapsed in Sichuan province's
Beichuan county after the quake, raising fears the overall death toll could
increase sharply.

The quake hit about 60 miles northwest of Chengdu — a city of 3.75 million —
in the middle of the afternoon when classrooms and office towers were full.
There were several smaller aftershocks, the U.S. Geological Survey said on
its Web site.

The earthquake, China's deadliest since 1976, occurred in an area with
numerous fault lines that have triggered destructive temblors before. A
magnitude 7.5 earthquake in Diexi, Sichuan that hit on August 25, 1933
killed more than 9,300 people.

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