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Second China quake in same area kills 3 and injures hundreds (5.9 , Yunnan Province)
Reuters ^
| 08/22/08
Posted on 08/21/2008 9:01:13 PM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
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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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: china; earthquake; yunnan
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posted on
08/21/2008 9:01:44 PM PDT
by
TigerLikesRooster
(kim jong-il, chia head, ppogri, In Grim Reaper we trust)
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To: TigerLikesRooster
I have think that before the net, we never heard of many of the quakes, unless they were really big.
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posted on
08/21/2008 9:41:41 PM PDT
by
razorback-bert
(Earth First...we will drill the other planets later.)
To: razorback-bert
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posted on
08/21/2008 9:42:36 PM PDT
by
TigerLikesRooster
(kim jong-il, chia head, ppogri, In Grim Reaper we trust)
To: razorback-bert
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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posted on
08/21/2008 9:43:52 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
( This tag blank until football season.)
To: dfwgator
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?
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posted on
08/21/2008 10:10:18 PM PDT
by
ApplegateRanch
(The Great Obamanation of Desolation, attempting to sit in the Oval Office, where he ought not..)
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