Sympathies sent to China on heavy losses in Sichuan earthquake

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The China National Radio reported that as of 3pm (local time) on August 9, the 7-magnitude earthquake, which occurred the previous night in Jiuzhaigou county of Ngawa prefecture, in the southwestern province of Sichuan, had killed 19 people and injured 217 others.

A number of houses were damaged in the earthquake in Sichuan province, China, on August 8. (Photo: Xinhua)

The China National Committee for Disaster Reduction wrote on its website that according to initial analysis, more than 130,000 houses might have been damaged in the earthquake.

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