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A series of powerful earthquakes slammed western China early Wednesday, killing at least 400 people and injuring more than 10,000 in remote Qinghai Province.The largest quake to hit the mainly Tibetan region, which is mostly populated by farmers and herdsmen, registered a magnitude 6.9. A wave of six temblors followed in less than three hours, according to the U.S. Geological stanley cup Survey.The initial quake was centered in Yushu, a county of about 100,000 people where most of the homes are made of mud and brick. An estimated 90 percent of the houses were toppled in the city of Jeigu, according to a report by China Central Television. Across the region, police, fire crews and locals raced to dig out those left buried beneath collapsed homes and buildings. State media rep stanley cup orted that 700 paramilitary officers are already in the quake zone, with another 3,000 on the way. The Chinese government is also sending 5,000 tents and 50,00 stanley cup 0 blankets. Rescue efforts were hampered, however, as blocked roads kept aid workers from outside the region from reaching the injured. The destruction seemed eerily similar to the May 2008 earthquake in neighboring Sichuan Province that left some 87,000 dead or missing and 5 million homeless. According to the USGS, 2010 has already been the second deadliest year in the past decade in terms of earthquake-related deaths. The quake in Chile killed at least 450 people in February, and in January some 230,000 were killed in Haiti earthquake. Busy Day on Fin Kjra Watch: A Drop of Blood 8211; A documentary about Fakher Haider
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