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muriel_volestrangler

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3. Death toll now at 367
Sun Aug 3, 2014, 06:02 PM
Aug 2014

Update as same link as OP:

At least 367 people have been killed and some 1,300 injured by a magnitude 6.1 earthquake in south-west China, state news agency Xinhua says.
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After initial reports of a death toll of 26, the numbers of casualties rose sharply, passing 150 before Xinhua reported a figure of 367 killed.

The news agency says the epicentre of the earthquake was in Longtoushan in Yunnan's Ludian county.

Chen Guoyong, the head of Longtoushan township, told Xinhua that many houses had fallen and rescuers had been sent to the epicentre.
Earthquake 'kills 175' in south-west China [View all] muriel_volestrangler Aug 2014 OP
k&r uppityperson Aug 2014 #1
Contrast reinforced concrete and unreinforced masonry in one building Brother Buzz Aug 2014 #2
Death toll now at 367 muriel_volestrangler Aug 2014 #3
Yunnan neighbor to Sichuan PATRICK Aug 2014 #4
China earthquake: Toll nears 600 amid flood fears muriel_volestrangler Aug 2014 #5
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