Three dead as strong quake rocks China
AFP, June, 2007
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BEIJING (AFP) — A 6.4-magnitude earthquake rattled a mountainous region in southwest China at dawn Sunday, killing three people and injuring about 300, state media and officials said.
Residents in Pu'er, the centre of a famous tea-producing area in Yunnan province, fled their houses in panic when the tremor struck at 5:34 am (2134 GMT), the Xinhua news agency reported.
A five-year-old boy was crushed to death when his family's home collapsed, state television said. His parents were taken to hospital but were deemed out of danger.
Local authorities reported more than 290 people injured by mid-afternoon, Xinhua said. About 20 seriously injured were transferred to hospitals, it said.
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"We're still compiling data on the casualties and on material damage," a local civil affairs official told China News Service. "The numbers will definitely go up."
The quake forced 120,000 people ...
