The death toll from the strong earthquake in southwest China's Sichuan Province rose to 32,477 as of 2 p.m. Sunday, and 220,109 people were injured, according to the Information Office of the State Council.
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The 2008 Sichuan earthquake happened at 14:28:04.1 CST (06:28:04.1 UTC) on 12 May 2008, with its epicenter in Wenchuan County, Sichuan province of the People's Republic of China. It had a magnitude of 7.8 Ms according to the State Seismological Bureau of China The epicenter was 90 km west-northwest of Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan. The earthquake was felt as far away as Beijing and Shanghai, where office buildings swayed with the tremor, Pakistan, Thailand, and Vietnam.
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