CHENGDU, July 24 (Xinhua) -- Three aftershocks that jolted southwest China's Sichuan Province on Thursday had left one dead, 17 injured and about 1,200 houses destroyed as of 5 p.m.. According to the China Earthquake Networks Center, three tremors measuring 5.6, 4.9 and 6.0, respectively, on the Richter Scale hit the juncture of Ningqiang County, Shaanxi Province and Qingchuan County, Sichuan Province early Thursday morning and in the afternoon. They were felt in the cities of Guangyuan, Chengdu, Mianyang, Deyang and Leshan of Sichuan Province. The center also monitored several aftershocks below magnitude 4.0, but no specific number was made available. In the Lizhou District of Guangyuan, a 60-year-old woman died of a cerebral haemorrhage after she panicked during the strong tremors. A 24-year-old man was seriously injured...
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