Dawu County, Sichuan
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Dawu County is a county of Sichuan Province
, China
. It is under the administration of the Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture
.
In January 1981 it was struck by an earthquake
.
Sichuan
' , known formerly in the West by its postal map spellings of Szechwan or Szechuan is a province in Southwest China with its capital in Chengdu...
, China
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. It is under the administration of the Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture
Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture
Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture is an autonomous prefecture in Sichuan whose capital is Kangding . It is sometimes spelled as "Kardze" by non-government sources....
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In January 1981 it was struck by an earthquake
1981 Dawu earthquake
On 24 January 1981 at 5:13 a.m. China Standard Time , Sichuan, China, was struck by a large earthquake known as the 1981 Dawu earthquake. Registering a Richter scale magnitude of 6.8, the earthquake killed about 150 and injured roughly 300 more...
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