China quake kills 107, injures 34(1)

2008-05-13 10:16:54 [ Big Normal Small ]    　Comment

Rescuers try to save wounded students at Juyuan Middle School in Juyuan Township of Dujiangyan City, about 100 kilometers from the epicenter in Wenchuan county of southwest China's Sichuan Province, on May 12, 2008. Nearly 900 students here were feared buried when a high school building collapsed in the earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale which jolted Wenchuan County at 2:28 p.m. on Monday. Rescue works were still underway by press time. (Xinhua Photo)

BEIJING, May 12 (Xinhua) -- A major earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter Scale in Wenchuan County of southwest China's Sichuan Province has killed 107 and injured 34 in provinces and municipality of Sichuan, Gansu, Chongqing and Yunnan by 6:00 p.m., the Ministry of Civil Affairs said.

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