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BEIJING

More quake-relief materials for Qinghai

Authorities have allocated more relief materials to northwestern China's Qinghai province after it was struck by a 7.4 magnitude earthquake early on Saturday. The Ministry of Emergency Management and the National Food and Strategic Reserves Administration have sent materials including 3,000 tents, 10,000 cotton-padded overcoats, 5,000 quilts, 10,000 folding beds, 1,000 heating devices and 200 makeshift toilets, the ministry said Thursday. The earthquake, which jolted Madoi county in Golog Tibetan autonomous prefecture at 2:04 am Saturday, left 18 people injured and disrupted the lives of over 32,000 residents of 26 townships in Golog and Yushu Tibetan autonomous prefecture.