The devastation is seen in earthquake-affected Beichuan County in Sichuan province, China. A massive earthquake with a magnitude of 7.8 shook Wenchuan County in southwest Chinas Sichuan Province on Monday, said the State Seismological Bureau. More than 300 aftershocks were registered after the quake, which rocked skyscrapers in Shanghai, hundreds of miles away. The shocks were reported as far away as Thailand and Vietnam. At least 8,533 people had died as a result of the earthquake by Monday and thousands more are injured, said officials in Sichuan. In Beichuan, another county hit by the quake, the number of people dead is estimated at 5,000, and up to 10,000 people are injured.
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