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china_quake.sPubDate = "5/12/2008 6:10:35 PM GMT";
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china_quake.appHeader = "timeline|Major earthquakes in China";
china_quake.appDeck = " Details of some of the biggest temblors:";
china_quake.appFooter = "Source: Reuters ";
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china_quake[i++] = new Array("","May 12, 2008","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
china_quake[i-1].body = "At least 8,500 people die in Sichuan province alone after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake hits the region.<br>";

china_quake[i++] = new Array("","February 2003 ","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
china_quake[i-1].body = "At least 94 people are killed and more than 200 injured when a quake measuring 6.8 hits sparsely populated Jiashi county in the remote northwestern region of Xinjiang.";

china_quake[i++] = new Array("","January 1998","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
china_quake[i-1].body = "At least 47 people die and more than 2,000 are injured when an earthquake measuring 6.2 rocks northern Hebei province, devastating mud and brick homes in two rural counties.";

china_quake[i++] = new Array("","April 1997 ","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
china_quake[i-1].body = "A strong earthquake measuring 6.6 hits Xinjiang, killing nine people and injuring 60.<br>";

china_quake[i++] = new Array("","January 1997","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
china_quake[i-1].body = "Earthquake measuring 6.4 kills up to 50 people and injures more than 40 in Xinjiang.<br>";

china_quake[i++] = new Array("","May 1996","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
china_quake[i-1].body = "Earthquake measuring 6.4 rocks Inner Mongolia, killing 15 people and injuring more than 200. Nearly 400 aftershocks follow.<br>";

china_quake[i++] = new Array("","March 1996","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
china_quake[i-1].body = "Earthquake measuring 6.9 jolts Xinjiang, killing 26 people, injuring 128.<br>";

china_quake[i++] = new Array("","February 1996","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
china_quake[i-1].body = "Earthquake measuring 7.0 wrecks scenic mountain town of Lijiang in Yunnan, killing at least 304 people and injuring more than 16,000.<br>";

china_quake[i++] = new Array("","October 1995 ","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
china_quake[i-1].body = "Earthquake in Yunnan kills 50 and injures more than 6,000. The 6.5 tremor leaves 170,000 people homeless.<br>";

china_quake[i++] = new Array("","April 1990","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
china_quake[i-1].body = "Earthquake measuring 6.9 kills 126 people in northwestern Qinghai province.<br>";

china_quake[i++] = new Array("","October 1989","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
china_quake[i-1].body = "Series of tremors in northern Shanxi and Hebei provinces kills 29 people and leave 60,000 homeless.<br>";

china_quake[i++] = new Array("","November 1988","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
china_quake[i-1].body = "Earthquake measuring 7.6 devastates remote areas in Yunnan, killing at least 730 people and destroying about 400,000 homes.<br>";

china_quake[i++] = new Array("","August 1985","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
china_quake[i-1].body = "Xinjiang is hit by an earthquake that kills 67 people and injures more than 100. The tremor measures 7.4.<br>";

china_quake[i++] = new Array("","July 1976","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
china_quake[i-1].body = "At least 240,000 people die when an earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale flattens the northern city of Tangshan.<br>";

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