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A major earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale struck Wenchuan County, Aba Prefecture in Sichuan Province at 14:28 Beijing time (06:28
GMT) on Monday, 12 May.
Neighboring cities of Jiangyou,Tianpeng,Guangyuan,
Mianyang and Chengdu received extensive damage and continuous aftershocks
Communications with the earthquake-affected area have been cut off
The boundaries and names shown and the designations used on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations.
Map provided courtesy of the ReliefWeb Map Centre, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Soldiers carry the body of a victim from the rubble of a collapsed building in Shifang, Sichuan province May 17, 2008. China has put the known death toll at over 22,000 ...
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