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54 killed, 300 injured in 6.6-magnitude quake in China
Updated On: 22 July, 2013 02:05 PM IST | | PTI
A 6.6-magnitude strong earthquake today ripped through China's northwestern Gansu Province, killing at least 54 people and injuring nearly 300 others, local authorities said.
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The quake shook the area at 7:45 am (local time) at the junction of the Minxian County and Zhangxian County, the Gansu Provincial Seismological Bureau said.
The epicenter, with a depth of 20 km, was 170 km away from the provincial capital Lanzhou, state-run Xinhua news agency quoted officials as saying. A 5.6-magnitude quake jolted the same area later at 9:12 a.m, the agency said.
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