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China earthquake death toll reaches 589

Article by Darshana Jamindar

In an earthquake of 6.1 magnitude, at southwestern province of Yunnan of China 589 people have been feared to be dead. Death toll was indicated on website of China’s ministry of civil affairs. Aftermath of the quake was very devastating.

Two days after a magnitude 6.1 tremor destroyed 80,000 houses and seriously damaged 124,000 more, rescuers searched the rubble in the devastated, once-idyllic mountainside village of Longtoushan.