2005 Ruichang earthquake

2005 CE.

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On 26 November 2005, a Mw 5.2 earthquake struck the province of Jiangxi in eastern China, killing 21 people, injuring 8,000 others and severely damaging tens of thousands of homes in Jiangxi and Hubei provinces, mostly in the counties of Ruichang and Jiujiang.

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