I'm not sure why this made a news story on Xinhuanet.com, but the list of earthquakes are interesting.
Backgrounder: Chronology of major earthquakes since 2003
www.chinaview.cn 2005-03-29 10:20:03
BEIJING, March 29 (Xinhuanet) -- An earthquake measuring 8.5 on the Richter scale struck about midnight Monday off Indonesia's west coast,
killing at least 300 people and triggering tsunami warnings across the Indian Ocean.
Following is a chronology of major earthquakes around the world in 2003 and 2004:
2003:
Feb. 24 -- A quake measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale left 268 people dead and caused huge property damage in Jiashi and Bachu counties of
China's western Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region
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