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Earthquake in China

Earth­quake in China
A week ago yes­ter­day (Sat­ur­day) a major earth­quake hit China’s south­west rur­al area of Ya’an, which has now left 200 dead, injured about 12,000 and many more peo­ple homeless.
Fan Bin BA1RB report­ed that ama­teur radio oper­a­tors swung …

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China earthquake report #3

Chi­na earth­quake report #3
The res­cue and relief efforts after Sat­ur­day’s south­west Chi­na Ya’an earth­quake is con­tin­u­ing with the num­ber of lives lost offi­cial­ly at 188 peo­ple, 25 are miss­ing and 11,460 injured.
While radio ama­teurs con­tin­ue to help with …

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China’s earthquake – update #2

China’s earth­quake – update #2
The earth­quake has killed 179 peo­ple and injured 6986. Hun­dreds of ama­teur radio oper­a­tors went to Ya’an help­ing dis­as­ter relief.
The dis­as­ter hap­pened as the Glob­al Sim­u­lat­ed Emer­gency Test was under­way head­ed in Chi­na by …

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China’s earthquake – update

China’s earth­quake – update
A day after a strong earth­quake hit south­west China’s Sichuan province the death toll stood at least 156 with many more injured and with­out homes.
Fan Bin BA1RB report­ed that it was a 7.0 mag­ni­tude quake in …

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