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Facts about China's May 12 earthquake

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May 22, 2008

Latest facts about the May 12 earthquake that struck China's Sichuan province, the country's worst in 30 years:

Magnitude: measured at 7.9 by the U.S. Geological Survey; 8.0 by Chinese officials.

Disaster area population: 20 million.

Dead: 51,151.

Missing: 29,328.

Injured: 288,431.

Homeless: 5 million.

Classrooms destroyed: 6,898.

Orphans: 4,000.

Tents needed: 3.3 million.

Animals killed: 12.5 million.

Company losses: $9.5 billion.

Reconstruction: $10 billion fund set up by government.

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Sources: Chinese government.

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