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Deadly quake rattles Bhutan [1]

A 6.3-magnitude earthquake has killed at least seven people in the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan, officials have said.

Ugyen Tenzing, the country's director of disaster management, said rescuers were searching for survivors under the debris of collapsed buildings in the eastern districts of Munggar and Trashigang.

Publication Date: 
22/09/2009
The Island (Sri Lanka) [2]
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Earthquakes [3], Bhutan [4]
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