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Chengdu City Earthquake
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   [1]Physics Today reports

     The city of Chengdu has a population of 2 million, with another 9
     million in the surrounding urban area, is about 90 km southeast of
     the epicenter. Many western companies such as IBM, Symantec,
     Microsoft, Intel, Fujitsu, NEC, Motorola, and Nokia have factories
     and offices in the region due to Chengdu's High-Tech Industrial
     Development Zone. None of these companies are reporting major
     damage to their staff or facilities.

   The magnitude-7.9 earthquake that struck near Chengdu city is the
   largest earthquake to hit China since 1976.

References

   1. http://blogs.physicstoday.org/newspicks/2008/05/the_chengdu_earthquake.html