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China: A dozen Earthquakes damaged more than 2,000 houses |
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Saturday, 22 March 2008 |
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Reuters
Saturday, March 22, 2008; 3:38 AM BEIJING (Reuters) - At least a dozen earthquakes hit China's remote
northwestern region of Xinjiang on Friday, flattening or damaging more
than 2,000 houses, but no casualties had been reported so far, Xinhua
news agency said.
It said 44,000 people had been "affected" by the quakes, but gave no
details. "About 2,200 houses were damaged or flattened ... during the quakes,
which also toppled hundreds of livestock sheds and vegetable
greenhouses," a spokesman with the regional Department of Civil Affairs
was quoted as saying. China is hit by several earthquakes a year, most hitting sparsely
populated rural areas and causing no casualties
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