Second China quake in same area kills 3 and injures hundreds (5.9 , Yunnan Province)

Reuters ^ | 08/22/08

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Second China quake in same area kills 3 and injures hundreds 57 minutes ago

A second earthquake in two days in the same county of southwest China killed at least three people, injured more than 100 and prompted the evacuation of over 120,000, state media reported on Friday.

The two quakes jolted western Yunnan province, south of mountainous Sichuan where a devastating quake on May 12 killed at least 70,000 people.

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Ping!

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I have think that before the net, we never heard of many of the quakes, unless they were really big.

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Right.

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I have think that before the net, we never heard of many of the quakes, unless they were really big.

And even in the case of the Tangshan Quake of 76, we really didn't know the impact until months after.

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And even in the case of the Tangshan Quake of 76, we really didn't know the impact until months after.

Considering that Carter was running & elected in 1976, who had time to worry about relatively minor catastrophes in far off places?