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Jun 8, 2008 8:35 am US/Eastern

Aftershock Rocks China Lake, Causes Landslides

BEIJING (AP) ―

Click to enlarge 1 of 1: An earthquake survivor with his belongings walks through the rubble of collapsed buildings as he prepare to move out amid fears of rock and mudslides in Hanwang city, in China's southwestern province of Sichuan on June 5, 2008.
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China's state news agency reports that a "relatively strong" aftershock has rocked a quake-formed lake that has been threatening to burst.

The effect on the Tangjiashan lake was not immediately known.

Xinhua News Agency said the 20-second aftershock Sunday evening sent massive landslides tumbling down surrounding mountainsides.

The Tangjiashan lake has the potential of flooding a million people in the sprawling disaster zone.

About 250,000 people were evacuated in recent days, as soldiers raced to dig a diversion channel to help drain the lake.