Hundreds Dead in Western China Quake

By ANDREW JACOBS
April 14, 2010

BEIJING — A powerful earthquake in western China killed at least 400 people, injured 10,000 and left many others buried under debris on Wednesday, Chinese state media reported.

The quake, which struck at 7:49 a.m. in Qinghai Province, had a magnitude of 7.1, according to China’s earthquake agency. the rest