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Qinghai earthquake of 2010

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Richard Pallardy
Richard Pallardy received a B.A. in English from Illinois State University in 2005. He was a research editor with Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. from 2008 to 2016 and worked on Britannica Blog from 2010...
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Qinghai earthquake of 2010, severe earthquake that occurred on April 14, 2010, in the isolated southern Yushu Tibetan autonomous prefecture in Qinghai province, China, on the northeastern portion of the Plateau of Tibet. Nearly 3,000 people were killed, and property damage was extensive. The magnitude-6.9 temblor occurred at 7:49 am. Its epicentre was located near the small village of Rima, approximately 30 miles (50 km) west of the town of Gyêgu, the capital of Yushu...

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