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Article: Quake Relief Work in Full Swing in Inner Mongolia
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- Xinhua News Agency
- Article date:
- May 4, 1996
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Relief work has gone into full swing in Baotou City, in north
China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, where an earthquake
measuring 6.4 on the Richter scale struck at 11:32 a.m. Friday.
Local official sources said people in the quake-stricken area have
recovered from the shock, society is in good order and most
enterprises are operating normally.
Figures provided by the relief headquarters of the city show that
by 8:00 a.m. today the quake had caused 15 deaths, 33 serious
injuries and 208 light injuries.
All the major hospitals in the city have been mobilized for the
relief work, sources at the headquarters said.
Information from the seismology bureau of the city says that up to
8:00 a.m. ...