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Last updated at: (Beijing Time) Tuesday, February 25, 2003

Photo News: Earthquake Hits NW China's Xinjiang

An earthquake measuring 6.8 degrees on the Richter scale, shook the area about 40 kilometers east of Jiashi County in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, killing at least 260 people, injuring more than 2,000 and flattening more than 8,000 buildings.


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An earthquake measuring 6.8 degrees on the Richter scale, shook the area about 40 kilometers east of Jiashi County in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, killing at least 260 people, injuring more than 2,000 and flattening more than 8,000 buildings.

The quake occurred at 39.5 degrees north latitude and 77.2 degrees east longitude, at 10:03 a.m.(Beijing Time) Monday, according to the China Seismological Bureau.
























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