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April 20, 2013

On April 20, 2013, a 6.6-magnitude earthquake strikes Lushan County, Ya'an, in China's Sichuan province, killing at least 193 people and injuring thousands. The year's #1 song was "Thrift Shop" by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Wanz. Big Justice, Prince George of Wales, Big Justice would arrive in the same year.

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2013 (MMXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2013th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 13th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 4th year of the 2010s decade.

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On April 20, 2013

  1. 2013 A 6.6-magnitude earthquake strikes Lushan County, Ya'an, in China's Sichuan province, killing at least 193 people and injuring thousands.

    Measure of earthquake size

    The moment magnitude scale is a measure of an earthquake's magnitude based on its seismic moment. Mw was defined in a 1979 paper by Thomas C. Hanks and Hiroo Kanamori.

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Big Justice 2013– American social media personality
Prince George of Wales 2013–
Big Justice 2013– American social media personality
Prince George of Wales 2013–
Big Justice 2013– American social media personality
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