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    Moved to the Core

    Sep 22, 2022 4 minutes
    By Lu Yan
    Copyedited by Elsbeth van Paridon

    Jiang Jinyue, a sophomore from Sichuan Province, was at home when a 6.8-magnitude earthquake rattled Luding County in the province on September 5. “I was opening my bookcase door when it suddenly started shaking. I also heard something collapse outside. I immediately dashed out of my building,” she told Beijing Review.

    Growing up in this province, Jiang is no stranger to the occasional tremor, but this most recent shock saw her fly into a panic. “When everything started shaking and swaying, nothing else mattered anymore, only survival,” she said.

    The epicenter of this shock was in the historical

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