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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.
A 5.9 magnitude aftershock struck near Jiangyou at 12:08 AM on Sunday, 18 May.
Brought down big number of houses, damaged 377 km of roads and 6 bridges
Government is actively welcoming assistance from the international community
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 take photos of freshly buried graves of students from a middle school in Muyu town, Qingchuan county, Sichuan province, May 21, 2008, on a hill above the school where hundreds ...
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