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Magnitude: 8.0 Richter scale
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Disaster area: around 100,000 square kilometers
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The death toll: 51,151
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Missing:29,328
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Survivors pulled out from the rubble: 6,375
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The number of injured: 288,431
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People rescued and transferred: 360,159
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Latest rescued: Mrs. Cui Changhui at 14:30 of 21 May, nearly 216 hours after the quake.
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Aftershocks: over 7000. By 22 May, 167 measuring 4 or higher on the Richter scale. The biggest was magnitude 6.1.
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People staying in government shelters: over 4.8 million
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Houses damaged: 15.61 million, with 3.13 million collapsed.
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Farmland damaged: 33,333 hectares, including more than 10,000 hectares of wheat and rice and more than 20,000 hectares of vegetables
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Estimated economic damage: over 20 billion U.S. dollars
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Relief fund earmarked by the Government: 13.975 billion yuan (1.999 billion U. S. dollars)
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Donations of domestic and overseas: 21.416 billion yuan (3.064 billion U.S. dollars)
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Cases of epidemics or emergent public health incidents: none
