China Earthquake - Earthquake Kills Dozens In China
The earthquake struck southeast of Golmud, a town of about 130,000 on the Tibetan plateau, best known as the site of the world’s largest salt lake. Early news reports out of China said that 90 percent of the homes in the area had collapsed, but schools and government buildings had largely remained standing. So far the death toll is about 1,000.
Last August, Golmud was hit by a 6.2 magnitude earthquake that destroyed dozens of homes but caused no deaths. The area is a melting pot of Tibetans, Mongols, Chinese, and is adjacent to Sichuan Province, where more than 87,000 people died in a powerful earthquake in 2008.
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