China Quake Destroys 20,000 Homes, No Deaths
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An earthquake has rocked a densely populated city in southwestern China, destroying more than 20,000 houses but killing no one, a local official said on Wednesday.
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JAKARTA, Indonesia Dec 26, 2004 - The world&#39;s most powerful earthquake in 40 years triggered massive tidal waves that slammed into villages and seaside resorts across Asia on Sunday, killing more than 2,200 people in five countries.
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Landslides and flash floods triggered by torrential rains in south-western China have killed 19 people and left at least 21 missing.
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Beijing - Sixteen people, including five children, have been confirmed dead while 49 others remained missing after a landslide hit a remote mountain village in south-west China on Friday, state media said.
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OJIYA, Japan  - Aftershocks shook northern Japan  on Sunday, a day after a powerful earthquake killed at least 16  people and injured about 1,000 as houses collapsed and  landslides devastated a village, stranding hundreds of people.
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KASHIWAZAKI, Japan  - A strong earthquake killed at least four people in Japan on Monday, injured more than 400, flattened houses and started a small fire at the world's largest nuclear power plant, Japanese media and officials said.
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COLOMBO  - Over 8,300 people were killed and thousands more were missing after the most powerful earthquake for 40 years triggered giant tidal waves that slammed into coastal areas across Asia.
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A 16-hour storm unleashed more than 40,000 lightning strikes in China, killing 15 people, injuring more than 100 and bringing air, road and rail traffic to a halt, state media said on Wednesday. The storm, in the southwestern city of Chongqing, left five people missing and caused some 10,000 homes to collapse, the Beijing Times said.
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OJIYA, Japan  - Dozens of aftershocks shook  northern Japan on Sunday after a powerful earthquake killed at  least 17 people and injured nearly 1,000 as houses collapsed  and landslides devastated a village, stranding hundreds.
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TOKYO  - Typhoon Meari left 20 people dead, seven missing and 70 injured in its wake after ripping through Japan, dumping heavy rain and causing mudslides and flooding.
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An earthquake measuring 6.0 on the  Richter scale shook northeast Taiwan on Thursday causing  buildings to sway in the capital, Taipei, but there were no  immediate reports of casualties or damage, officials said.
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Tokyo, Oct. 24 (NNN): At least 17 people were killed and up to 1,000 injured in a series of earthquakes and aftershocks which shook northern Japan for 12 hours, according to reports here on Sunday afternoon.
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[World News]: Kunming (China), Dec 27 : One person was killed after an earthquake Sunday hit Shuangbai County in the Yi Autonomous Prefecture of Chuxiong in southwest China&#39;s Yunnan Province.
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A powerful earthquake shook a remote part of northwestern China's Xinjiang region on Tuesday, but no casualties were reported, the government said.
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A magnitude-5.4 earthquake shook northwestern China early Tuesday, but there were no deaths or damage in the remote, thinly populated area, the government said.
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In Zhongmu, a town in Chinaâs Henan Province, bloody clashes that erupted on October 29 between the Han ethnic majority and the Hui Muslim minority killed at least 20 people and martial law has been imposed on the town, local residents said.
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The earthquake, which occurred in Romania last night, measuring 6.2 on the Richter Scale, was also felt in Turkey. First reports say nobody was killed or injured in the earthquake.