Residents in China's southwestern Sicuan province huddled outdoors Saturday night in a town near the epicenter of a powerful earthquake that struck earlier in the day, leaving at least 156 people dead and more than 5,500 injured, nearly five years after a devastating quake wreaked widespread damage across the region.
Saturday morning's earthquake triggered landslides and disrupted phone and power connections in mountainous Lushan county five years after a devastating quake wreaked widespread damage across the region. The village of Longmen was hit particularly hard, with authorities saying nearly all the buildings there had been destroyed in a frightening minute-long shaking by the quake. read full article: http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2013/04/20/china-earthquake.html
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