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Death Toll Rises to 1,706 in China Quake

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Rescuers search for possible survivors in the rubbles of destroyed houses in Yushu County, northwest China's Qinghai Province, April 17, 2010. Rescuers are still searching for the survivors as the death toll climbed to 1,706 from a devastating earthquake in Qinghai, with another 256 still missing, rescuers said Saturday. [Xinhua]

 

The death toll has climbed to 1,706 from a devastating earthquake in northwest China's Qinghai Province, with another 256 still missing, rescuers said late Saturday.

As of 5:00 PM Saturday, the 7.1-magnitude quake, which struck the Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Yushu at 7:49 AM Wednesday, had also left 12,128 injured, 1,424 severely, a spokesman for the rescue headquarters told a press conference..

(Xinhua News Agency April 18, 2010)