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The deadliest
earthquake to hit in decades
 On
May 12, 2008, the earthquake hit Sichuan province in China and forever
changed thousands of lives
The
8.0-magnitude quake centered in Wenchuan County had left 69,181 people
dead, 374,171 injured, 18,498 missing and millions homeless.
Villages were toppled or buried
and landslides raked mountains as large portions of Sichuan – where the
quake was centered – and two neighboring provinces were wrecked. Nearly
90,000 people were killed or never found, and 5 million were made
homeless in the deadliest earthquake to hit in decades.
More than
13,000 aftershocks were reported after the devastating quake, with the
strongest measuring 6.4 on the Richter scale.
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