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SHANGHAI — A 7.0-magnitude earthquake rocked a mountainous area of China’s western Sichuan province Saturday morning, killing at least 156 people, injuring thousands and leaving tens of thousands of others homeless less than 100 miles from the provincial capital of Chengdu. Premier Li Keqiang hurried to the province as Chinese troops picked through ruins to rescue those still trapped in collapsed buildings. The earthquake struck at 8:02 am Beijing time and the epicenter was located just eight miles deep in Ya’an county, home to about 1.5 million people.
Aftershocks shook the area for hours, including two with a magnitude of 5. State television played footage from security cameras when the quake hit, showing panicked residents scrambling down apartment stairs and rushing from hospital and stores into the street, where many remained overnight, for fear that buildings might collapse.



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