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China Posted: Mon, 12 May 2008 [miningmx.com] -- The most devastating earthquake to hit China in three decades has killed up to 5,000 people and left as many as 10,000 injured, toppling eight schools and at least one hospital, state media said. An estimated 3,000 to 5,000 people were killed in Beichuan Qiang Autonomous County in mountainous Sichuan province after the 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit the region during the early afternoon on Monday, Xinhua news agency said, citing the local government, Reuters reported. As many as 10,000 in Beichuan were feared injured and 80 percent of the buildings there had been destroyed, the report said.
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