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7.1-magnitude quake rocks NW China's Qinghai
7.1-magnitude quake rocks NW China's Qinghai
![Debris are seen following a 7.1 magnitude earthquake which struck China's Qinghai province just before 8am local time on April 14, 2010 in Yushu county, Qinghai province of China. Reports stood at 400 dead with about 8000 injured. Whilst the high altitude region is promise to quakees, the US Geological Survey reported this to be the strongest since 1976. [Xinhua]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20100415/000bcdb95f1d0d30bbb03c.jpg "Debris are seen following a 7.1 magnitude earthquake which struck China's Qinghai province just before 8am local time on April 14, 2010 in Yushu county, Qinghai province of China. Reports stood at 400 dead with about 8000 injured. Whilst the high altitude region is promise to quakees, the US Geological Survey reported this to be the strongest since 1976. [Xinhua]")
![Debris are seen following a 7.1 magnitude earthquake which struck China's Qinghai province just before 8am local time on April 14, 2010 in Yushu county, Qinghai province of China. [Xinhua]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20100415/000bcdb95f1d0d30bbbb42.jpg "Debris are seen following a 7.1 magnitude earthquake which struck China's Qinghai province just before 8am local time on April 14, 2010 in Yushu county, Qinghai province of China. [Xinhua]")
![Debris are seen following a 7.1 magnitude earthquake which struck China's Qinghai province just before 8am local time on April 14, 2010 in Yushu county, Qinghai province of China. [Xinhua]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20100415/000bcdb95f1d0d30bbc54b.jpg "Debris are seen following a 7.1 magnitude earthquake which struck China's Qinghai province just before 8am local time on April 14, 2010 in Yushu county, Qinghai province of China. [Xinhua]")
![Debris are seen following a 7.1 magnitude earthquake which struck China's Qinghai province just before 8am local time on April 14, 2010 in Yushu county, Qinghai province of China. [Xinhua]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20100415/000bcdb95f1d0d30bbd157.jpg "Debris are seen following a 7.1 magnitude earthquake which struck China's Qinghai province just before 8am local time on April 14, 2010 in Yushu county, Qinghai province of China. [Xinhua]")
![Officers and soldiers of the Chinese People's Liberation Army work in a rescue operation in the rubbles of destroyed houses in Yushu County, northwest China's Qinghai Province, April 14, 2010. [Xinhua]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20100415/000bcdb95f1d0d30bbdf02.jpg "Officers and soldiers of the Chinese People's Liberation Army work in a rescue operation in the rubbles of destroyed houses in Yushu County, northwest China's Qinghai Province, April 14, 2010. [Xinhua]")
![Officers and soldiers of the Chinese People's Liberation Army work in a rescue operation in the rubbles of destroyed houses in Yushu County, northwest China's Qinghai Province, April 14, 2010. [Xinhua]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20100415/000bcdb95f1d0d30bbed14.jpg "Officers and soldiers of the Chinese People's Liberation Army work in a rescue operation in the rubbles of destroyed houses in Yushu County, northwest China's Qinghai Province, April 14, 2010. [Xinhua]")
![Officers and soldiers of the Chinese People's Liberation Army work in a rescue operation in the rubbles of destroyed houses in Yushu County, northwest China's Qinghai Province, April 14, 2010. [Xinhua]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20100415/000bcdb95f1d0d30bbfb29.jpg "Officers and soldiers of the Chinese People's Liberation Army work in a rescue operation in the rubbles of destroyed houses in Yushu County, northwest China's Qinghai Province, April 14, 2010. [Xinhua]")
![Members of a rescue team from southwest China's Sichuan Province arrive at an airport in quake-hit Yushu, northwest China's Qinghai Province, April 14, 2010. A military plane transported 52 Sichuan rescuers and their equipment to Yushu on Wednesday. [Xinhua]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20100415/000bcdb95f1d0d30bc0f41.jpg "Members of a rescue team from southwest China's Sichuan Province arrive at an airport in quake-hit Yushu, northwest China's Qinghai Province, April 14, 2010. A military plane transported 52 Sichuan rescuers and their equipment to Yushu on Wednesday. [Xinhua]")
![A truck transports tents to the Hefei Railway Station in Hefei, capital of east China's Anhui Province, April 14, 2010. A total of 5,000 tents will be transported to the quake area in Yushu County, northwest China's Qinghai Province on April 15. [Xinhua]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20100415/000bcdb95f1d0d30bc1c5c.jpg "A truck transports tents to the Hefei Railway Station in Hefei, capital of east China's Anhui Province, April 14, 2010. A total of 5,000 tents will be transported to the quake area in Yushu County, northwest China's Qinghai Province on April 15. [Xinhua]")
![A survivor prepares meal after a quake in Yushu County, northwest China's Qinghai Province, April 14, 2010. [Xinhua]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20100415/000bcdb95f1d0d30bc2e16.jpg "A survivor prepares meal after a quake in Yushu County, northwest China's Qinghai Province, April 14, 2010. [Xinhua]")
![Children sleep in the open air as their parents build up a tent after a quake in Yushu County, northwest China's Qinghai Province, April 14, 2010. About 400 people have died and 10,000 others were injured after a 7.1-magnitude earthquake hit Yushu early on Wednesday. [Xinhua]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20100415/000bcdb95f1d0d30bc4137.jpg "Children sleep in the open air as their parents build up a tent after a quake in Yushu County, northwest China's Qinghai Province, April 14, 2010. About 400 people have died and 10,000 others were injured after a 7.1-magnitude earthquake hit Yushu early on Wednesday. [Xinhua]")
![About 400 people have died and 10,000 others were injured after a 7.1-magnitude earthquake hit Yushu early on Wednesday, April 14, 2010. [Chinanews.com]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20100415/000bcdb95f1d0d30bc565b.jpg "About 400 people have died and 10,000 others were injured after a 7.1-magnitude earthquake hit Yushu early on Wednesday, April 14, 2010. [Chinanews.com]")
![Debris are seen following a 7.1 magnitude earthquake which struck China's Qinghai province just before 8am local time on April 14, 2010 in Yushu county, Qinghai province of China. [Chinanews.com]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20100415/000bcdb95f1d0d30bc8e36.jpg "Debris are seen following a 7.1 magnitude earthquake which struck China's Qinghai province just before 8am local time on April 14, 2010 in Yushu county, Qinghai province of China. [Chinanews.com]")
![Debris are seen following a 7.1 magnitude earthquake which struck China's Qinghai province just before 8am local time on April 14, 2010 in Yushu county, Qinghai province of China. [Chinanews.com]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20100415/000bcdb95f1d0d30bca760.jpg "Debris are seen following a 7.1 magnitude earthquake which struck China's Qinghai province just before 8am local time on April 14, 2010 in Yushu county, Qinghai province of China. [Chinanews.com]")
![About 400 people have died and 10,000 others were injured after a 7.1-magnitude earthquake hit Yushu early on Wednesday, April 14, 2010. [Chinanews.com]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20100415/000bcdb95f1d0d30bdec5c.jpg "About 400 people have died and 10,000 others were injured after a 7.1-magnitude earthquake hit Yushu early on Wednesday, April 14, 2010. [Chinanews.com]")
![A military doctor arranges medicine at a makeshift hospital after a quake in Yushu County, northwest China's Qinghai Province, April 14, 2010. About 400 people have died and 10,000 others were injured after a 7.1-magnitude earthquake hit Yushu early on Wednesday. [Xinhua]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20100415/000bcdb95f1d0d30be9a37.jpg "A military doctor arranges medicine at a makeshift hospital after a quake in Yushu County, northwest China's Qinghai Province, April 14, 2010. About 400 people have died and 10,000 others were injured after a 7.1-magnitude earthquake hit Yushu early on Wednesday. [Xinhua]")
