Vehicles that were driving along a highway that collapsed during the earthquake near Santiago are seen overturned on the asphalt Saturday Feb. 27, 1010 after an 8.8-magnitude earthquake struck central Chile early Saturday. The quake hit 200 miles (325 kilometers) southwest of the capital and the epicenter was just 70 miles (115 kilometers) from...
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Chinese authorities have revealed for the first time that around 19,000 children were killed in the earthquake in Sichuan province in May . They say many died as a result of school building collapses. The figure is much higher than previous unofficial estimates. In total, the 7.9 magnitude quake killed more than 80,000 people.
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BEIJING, China (CNN) — The death toll from a mud and rock slide that occured at an unlicensed mine last week in northern China has risen to 254 as rescue workers continue to recover more bodies, state-run media said Sunday. More than 1,000 rescue workers have combed through 90 percent of the inundated area...
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