An old man looks at the debris of a house
following an earthquake December 1, 2003 in Northwest China's Xinjiang
Uygur Autonomous Region. The quake, measuring 6.1 on the Richter Scale,
killed 11 people and injured 17 others in Zhaosu County near the
China-Kazakhstan border. About 800 homes were leveled and another 200 were
on the verge of collapse. [newsphoto.com.cn] |