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DC area shaken by minor earthquake (AP)

AP – The DC area was shaken by a minor earthquake early Friday.

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China earthquake toll rises to 1,144 (AP)

Tibetan monks help digging to search students believe to be trapped at a school collapsed after an earthquake in Yushu County, northwest China's Qinghai Province, Friday, April  16, 2010. Rescuers probed the rubble for sounds or movement Friday in a rush to find anyone buried alive more than 48 hours after an earthquake hit western China, killing hundreds of people. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)AP – Tibetan monks prayed Friday over hundreds of bodies at a makeshift morgue next to their monastery after powerful earthquakes destroyed the remote mountain town of Jiegu in western China and left at least 1,144 people dead.


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Low supplies slow China earthquake rescue efforts (AP)

Survivors stand beside their quake-damaged homes in Yushu county, western China's Qinghai province, Thursday, April 15, 2010. Rescue teams fought gusty winds and altitude sickness Thursday as survivors faced a second night outside in freezing weather after strong earthquakes left more than 600 dead and 9,000 hurt in a mountainous Tibetan area of western China. (AP Photo) **  CHINA OUT **AP – Earthquake survivors shivered through a second night outdoors in a remote Tibetan corner of western China with rescuers fighting altitude sickness and dealing with a lack of supplies as the death toll rose to 760.


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China earthquake, aftershocks strike near Tibet, leaving at least 400 dead

More than 400 people were killed and 10,000 injured Wednesday after a series of earthquakes struck a Tibetan area of southwest China.

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At least 300 dead, thousands injured as earthquake, aftershocks strike near Tibet

A series of strong earthquakes struck China’s western Qinghai province Wednesday, killing at least 300 people, injuring thousands and burying many others under toppled houses in a mountainous rural area, officials and state media said.

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Magnitude-4.4 earthquake shakes Southern Calif. (AP)

A quake reading on a seismograph. Los Angeles and surrounding areas were rattled early Tuesday by a 4.4 magnitude earthquake, US seismologists said.(AFP/File/Nicolas Asfouri)AP – An earthquake east of downtown Los Angeles rippled across Southern California before dawn Tuesday, jolting millions of people awake and putting first-responders on alert.


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Strong earthquake slams eastern Turkey, kills 51 (AP)

In this image from TV,  showing emergency workers and local people as they work to clear rubble to reach victims in Elazig Province, eastern Turkey, following a strong earthquake Monday March 8, 2010.  A strong earthquake, with a preliminary magnitude of 6, hit eastern Turkey on Monday,  knocking down many stone or mud-brick houses and minarets in at least six villages in Elazig Province, an official said. (AP Photo / DHA TV)AP – A strong, pre-dawn earthquake struck eastern Turkey on Monday, killing 51 people as it knocked down stone and mud-brick houses and minarets in at least six villages, the government said.


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