| CHENGDU -eJhDro34nND#c A Chinese seismologs)TyW* dyFbRL(!c5fKIOiu^7YHY(au3Wical official dismisVVbsed Wednesday rumorsEteI6W$vSSSnye 0PW$P that another strong4D0%mCr2s*mQZlxQz3llJlSXM earthquake would stMSbI^Grike southwest China)&%jkY7EEd@rVTWz7sW Aff^xCzZzgNfnpuO(tx5D3Iatm48 on Wednesday.
"Such rumo3*rMX)oQLdMQA!r&qPJdcx^^xVKmFe0CVPNd@lD8j%*N-Jrs are groundless," !D++5Jl0said Deng Changwen, Lo I6Tkln#5Zvx0GazDCgfUg@!P44uuGmsiadeputy director of t22m7+9(pPLyD9iehe Sichuan ProvinciaQwHh-pDsvEM!pV*#ELokjF!FdZh@e*O-7R8)6cbr-@ Jg#2@8Zt*oI80mCl Seismological Bureee9B!deVouCRJe&EEI#Tv(rI4pQ4bhVDcGedqP10nau.
"%FiZxe#^)EN9cjkp51SS^MUBwThe bureau has not flIFVIMPdHt4zz3k&e9*bl^$mma#0diX1w3!nWVC&0ound signs of anothew9nyLRrCl89Nno%8Knqu0t^mp37-6z8ms&rP*pCc)Sbbc%QB55$GpZVDr massive quake acco0rding to the monitor(@1SspAfDwSk#zk*sVyXZNfBnSEting results, nor hasNmY9S- it issued such a fooOthQv3il!Rl y(s8rizrFwMM266recast," Deng said.
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