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China: Magnitude-5.6 aftershock hits area between Shaanxi, Sichuan
Straits Times ^
| 07/24/08
Posted on 07/23/2008 6:46:05 PM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
Magnitude-5.6 aftershock hits area between Shaanxi, Sichuan
BEIJING - A MAGNITUDE-5.6 aftershock jolted the area between Ningqiang County, Shaanxi Province and Qingchuan County, Sichuan Province at 3.54am on Thursday, the China Earthquake Administration said. The epicenter was at 32.8 degrees north latitude and 105.6 degrees east longitude, Xinhua news agency reported.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: china; earthquake; sichuan
Two major Japanese earthquakes of magnitudes 6.8 and 7.2 respectively in a span of couple of weeks, and another earthquake in Sichuan province. There were host of smaller quakes in NE and other parts of China since the Sichuan earthquake in last May.
East Asian faultlines are definitely acting up lately.
Things are heating up instead of dying down. Who knows? We may yet have bigger ones coming.
To: TigerLikesRooster; maui_hawaii; Jeff Head; Tainan; hedgetrimmer; Unam Sanctam; taxesareforever; ...
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posted on
07/23/2008 6:46:40 PM PDT
by
TigerLikesRooster
(kim jong-il, chia head, ppogri, In Grim Reaper we trust)
To: TigerLikesRooster
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posted on
07/23/2008 6:49:15 PM PDT
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Tainan
(Talk is cheap. Silence is golden. All I got is brass...lotsa brass.)
To: SevenofNine
another one?????????????????
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posted on
07/23/2008 6:50:48 PM PDT
by
SandRat
(Duty, Honor, Country! What else needs to said?)
To: SandRat
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posted on
07/23/2008 6:54:58 PM PDT
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SevenofNine
("We are Freepers, all your media belong to us, resistence is futile")
To: TigerLikesRooster
I think it’s because of China’s Mega Dam.
To: CyberSpartacus
You shouldn’t mess with Mother Nature.
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