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The number of victims of the earthquake in southwest China has risen to 12 people. More than 100 were injured, ITAR-TASS.
The quake was recorded by the Chinese seismic center at 08:02 Beijing time /4:02 MSK /near the city of Ya\’an /Lushan county /Sichuan. After the main quake of magnitude 7 earthquakes marked a few smaller force, the magnitude of the most powerful of which was 5.1. Strong tremors also felt the residents of the provincial capital of Chengdu, located 140 km from Yaanya.
In the disaster area are directed more than two thousand troops to carry out search and rescue operations.
In 2008 in Wenchuan of the same province earthquake of magnitude 8 which claimed the lives of more than 80 thousand people.