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At least 93 people die and 25 are missing after a magnitude 6.8 earthquake strikes Sichuan, China.
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2022 Luding earthquake
Earthquake in China
A Mw 6.7 earthquake struck Luding County in Sichuan province, China on 5 September 2022 at 12:52:19 local time. The epicenter was located 226 km (140 mi) from Chengdu, or 43 km (27 mi) southeast of Kangding. Ninety-three people died, 424 were injured and 24 remained missing.…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Sichuan
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Sichuan, previously romanized as Szechwan or Szechuan, is a province in Southwestern China, occupying the Sichuan Basin and Tibetan Plateau—between the Jinsha River to the west, the Daba Mountains to the north, and the Yunnan–Guizhou Plateau to the south. Its capital city is…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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