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China Hit By Earthquake
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| Updated:08:00, Monday May 12, 2008
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Posted on 05/12/2008 12:27:28 AM PDT by Lijahsbubbe
An earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale has hit China's Sichuan province. The tremor was felt across the entire region - shaking buildings in the capital, Beijing, as well as the Thai capital, Bangkok, and Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam. US Geological Survey said the quake struck 57 miles north-west of the city of Chengdu at 2.29pm local time (6.28am GMT).
Some 10 million people live in Chengdu.
TOPICS: Breaking News
KEYWORDS: asia; china; chinaquake; earthquake; eq; quake; sichuan; usgs; wenchuan
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posted on
05/12/2008 5:35:04 AM PDT
by
DocRock
(All they that TAKE the sword shall perish with the sword. Matthew 26:52 Gun grabbers beware.)
To: saganite
Whoever wrote this headline is comatose. They aren't comatose. They've got an agenda. Manipulation at its worse and stupidest.
62
posted on
05/12/2008 5:41:05 AM PDT
by
HeartlandOfAmerica
(Don't blame me - I voted for Fred and am STILL a FredHead!)
To: yangsuli
Thank you for your account of this huge earthquake.
Please continue to post, if at all possible.
Prayers lifted for survivors buried under rubble...
Free Republic is THE place to keep up with current events all around the world.
keeper
63
posted on
05/12/2008 5:43:27 AM PDT
by
keeper53
("In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God..." -John 1:1)
To: true2theirword
What, you’re telling me no adults died in that earthquake?
64
posted on
05/12/2008 5:51:19 AM PDT
by
saganite
To: Lijahsbubbe
Odd title for a disaster story.
65
posted on
05/12/2008 5:55:54 AM PDT
by
Right Wing Assault
("..this administration is planning a 'Right Wing Assault' on values and ideals.." - John Kerry)
To: All
Has AlGore come out and blamed it on Bush and global warming yet?
66
posted on
05/12/2008 6:00:06 AM PDT
by
newnhdad
To: All
AP now reporting up to 5000 dead
link
67
posted on
05/12/2008 6:04:22 AM PDT
by
DocRock
(All they that TAKE the sword shall perish with the sword. Matthew 26:52 Gun grabbers beware.)
To: LukeL
Wouldn’t want to be too close to New Madrid either.
68
posted on
05/12/2008 6:07:54 AM PDT
by
Blogger
To: Lijahsbubbe
Epicenter a couple hundred miles from 3 Gorges Dam....glad to hear it (at least at this point) the dam wasn’t damaged.
69
posted on
05/12/2008 6:09:54 AM PDT
by
RSmithOpt
(Liberalism: Highway to Hell)
To: Lijahsbubbe
FoxNews just reported 3,000-5,000 dead — based on current Chinese reports.
That number could rise.
70
posted on
05/12/2008 6:14:57 AM PDT
by
TomGuy
To: Lijahsbubbe
From University Nevada Reno:
71
posted on
05/12/2008 6:19:01 AM PDT
by
steveo
(Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana.)
To: Tainan
900 is not a credible number....
CNN and NY times both said that it's quoted from China's domestic meida, however I do see this number in any domestic media.
From what doemstic media reported, there are 1700 students in that school but how many got stucked is not clear yet
72
posted on
05/12/2008 6:23:30 AM PDT
by
yangsuli
To: Elle Bee
I’m a Chinese student. When I walked out of a supermarket in Beijing this afternoon I saw hundreds of workers ran out of high buildings, which shock me to go back to my campus to search for the news on TV and Internet about this earthquake. I mean seriously, your tone made me a little uncomfortable:( The media of China are focusing on this disaster and the premier has flew to Wenchuan, where 900 students were buried in ruins. We are praying for their safety. A lot of my classmates’ parents are in Sichuan, they felt worried because mobile phone communication is unavailable.
My hometown is Yichang, in which stands the Three Gorges Dam project, I called my father just now, he told me local schools won’t be open until being safe.And he said the dam is alright.( my house is 500 meters away from the dam)
P.S. thanks to all of you Americans for caring about this disaster:)
To: keeper53
Thank you.
But I know little about this disaster either.
What I know is also from the media, the telephone system barely works, and I am still trying to get my family( I am now in Beijing).
According to Xinhua( China's State Media), the death in Beichuan( a county in Sichuan )may reach 3000-5000. I think the situation in Wenchuan would be even more sesious. However, the main road to Wenchuan has been blocked by debris flow.
A wall collapsed in my mother school and two students were killed in Mianyang. Several school's teaching building has also collapsed and more than ten students were killed, not to mention those 900 who are still trapped.
Let's just cross our hands.
74
posted on
05/12/2008 6:23:35 AM PDT
by
yangsuli
To: edmond246
The subsequent damage by the major earthquake in sichuan china will be tremendous and out of most people can image. WengChuang county( the earthquake center)is located in the Ming river (the one of largest tributary of Yangzi river),the rock of the both bank of the Ming rive is loose, and the earthquake will cause large scale landslide ,and the river interdiction could be forescasted, even worse there are lot of dams in the Wengchuang county, God bless
75
posted on
05/12/2008 6:23:38 AM PDT
by
kirler
To: RSmithOpt
I watched a Modern Marvels special on the 3 Gorges damn project a few months ago and I remember them saying that some engineers were concerned that the huge weight of all the water backed up by the damn may cause earthquakes in that area.
Hopefully this wasn't the start of those fears becoming reality.
76
posted on
05/12/2008 6:28:34 AM PDT
by
libs_kma
(The land of the free, because of the brave)
To: yangsuli
Yang Su Li -the numbers are rising. I hope your family is safe. I was watching CNN when that story was told. Also story is that the response teams are very good. Food, medicine and help is getting there. I hope the road gets opened up. Helicopters are also bring help to the area.
77
posted on
05/12/2008 6:31:32 AM PDT
by
Tainan
(Talk is cheap. Silence is golden. All I got is brass...lotsa brass.)
To: libs_kma
78
posted on
05/12/2008 6:31:48 AM PDT
by
sodpoodle
(Despair - man's surrender. Laughter - God's redemption.)
To: CassieChan
Prayers for your countrymen and your family, CassieChan.
Stay safe~
79
posted on
05/12/2008 6:33:30 AM PDT
by
bonfire
To: Lijahsbubbe; A message; AVNevis; Awestruck; Bennett46; bert; Beth; Betis70; bevlar; BIGLOOK; ...
Thanks for the ping, Lijahsbubbe.
Earthquake Ping List. If you would like to have your name
added to this list or removed from it, please FReepmail me.
80
posted on
05/12/2008 6:43:03 AM PDT
by
bd476
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