China Quake Destroys 20,000 Homes

World | October 20, 2004, Wednesday // 00:00

An earthquake rocked a densely populated city in southwestern China, destroying more than 20,000 houses but killing no one. 12people were injured, one critically, in the tremor early on Tuesday morning, Xinhua news agency said, adding that tents had been provided for the homeless. The earthquake, measuring 5.0 on the Richter scale, rocked Baoshan in Yunnan province, with the epicenter about six miles from the city center.

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