Reaching the breaking point
By Peng Kuang | China Daily | Updated: 2008-05-21 07:17
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A giant crack left by the Wenchuan earthquake at the Beichuan Middle School site. Inset: Fissures in the wake of the Tangshan quake in 1976. Guo Jianshe and Wang Wenlan |
Residents living in the mountains of Sichuan are used to earthquakes. A strong earthquake with the magnitude of 7.2 on the Richter scale hit the province's northwest corner from Songpan to Pingwu 32 years ago.
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