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China Mourns Quake Victims

Large crowds stood in silence on early Thursday to mourn the deaths of the nearly 2,700 victims of a quake that razed the plateau township of Gyegu, in Northwest China's Qinghai province, exactly a year ago.

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Facts
Magnitude: 7.1 magnitude quake
Time: 7:49 AM (Beijing time), April 14, 2010
Depth: about 33 km
Epicenter: 50 km west of gov´t seat of Yushu Prefecture, 800 km away from Xining
Backgrounder: Powerful Earthquakes in Qinghai Province Since 2001
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