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Earthquake damages China's network

(chinanews.cn)
Updated: 2006-12-28 11:08


Taiwan earthquake damaged telecommunication cables linking the Chinese
mainland, disconnecting users with overseas Websites like MSN service,
China Netcom said on Tuesday.

Two people were killed and 42 injured when three buildings collapsed in
earthquakes hit southern Taiwan Province yesterday, which also damaged at
least six undersea telecommunication cables, affecting users in China and
South Korea.

The quake, measured at magnitude 7.2 by the the national earthquake
observation network, hit the island's southern coast at 8:26pm on Tuesday.

Aftershocks through the evening in Taiwan were measured at up to
magnitude 7.0 by the U.S. Geological Survey.










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