Shenzhen Evening News
20 May, 2008
Survivors of the earthquake make do among the ruins of their home. The earthquake, which measured 7.9 on the Richter scale, had struck eight days earlier, killing nearly 70,000 people and causing widespread destruction of property. Beichuan County was one of the worst hit.
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