A powerful earthquake killed an estimated 3,000-5,000 people

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Up to 5,000 dead in one county in China quake
Posted: 12 May 2008 2119 hrs


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BEIJING - A powerful earthquake killed an estimated 3,000-5,000 people in
just one county of southwestern China's Sichuan province on Monday, Xinhua
news agency said.

The estimated death toll in Sichuan's Beichuan county was between 3,000
and
5,000 people, with 10,000 believed injured in the 7.8-magnitude quake, it
said, citing the Sichuan provincial disaster relief headquarters.

Xinhua said 80 percent of the buildings in the county were toppled by the
quake.

Prior to the estimated toll from Beichuan, official media re****ts said 107
people had been confirmed dead in the quake, which Chinese Premier Wen
Jiabao described as a "major disaster".

Beichuan is about 90 kilometres northeast of the epicentre in Wenchuan. -
AFP/ir