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Page last updated at 08:41 GMT, Tuesday, 13 May 2008 09:41 UK
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China earthquake in video

More than 55,000 people are known to have died in the earthquake that struck south-west China on 12 May, according to the vice-governor of Sichuan province.

Footage of the earthquake, the aftermath and the rescue effort has been coming in to the BBC. A selection of video is available below.

BLASTS TO CLEAR 'QUAKE LAKES'

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Officials have used explosives to drain quake-formed lakes and demolish dangerous buildings (6 June)

ANGRY PROTESTS AT AID 'FRAUD'

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Villagers in Deyang protest over aid allegedly being sold (23 May)

WOMAN SURVIVES AFTER 196 HOURS

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A 60-year-old woman rescued from the rubble near Pengzhou (20 May)

AFTERSHOCK FOOTAGE IN WENCHUAN

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Amateur footage of an aftershock in Wenchuan (17 May)

THE MOMENT THE EARTHQUAKE STRUCK

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Amateur footage of the quake in the mountains above Chengdu

GIRL WALKS FREE FROM RUBBLE

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A student is helped to walk free after being trapped for 80 hours

PARACHUTING INTO QUAKE ZONE

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Chinese soldiers parachute into the quake-hit zone

DAM CRACKS 'EXTREMELY DANGEROUS'

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Chinese soldiers tackle 'extremely dangerous' cracks in Zipingku Dam

THE DESTRUCTION

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Aerial footage of the devastation caused by the earthquake

EYEWITNESS ACCOUNTS

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Gilles Barbier: 'It was very scary'

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Anne Zuckerman: 'The ground shook for at least a minute'



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