China Aftershock: 70,000 Houses Collapse

Sunday May 25, 2008

Thousands of buildings have collapsed and hundreds of people are injured after an aftershock hit China's Sichuan province - two weeks after the massive earthquake struck.

State television said 70,000 houses collapsed, killing one person and injuring around 200.

Measured at a magnitude of 6.4, this morning's aftershock was the strongest of a series of tremors that have hit China since the May 11 quake. the rest