Posted on 05/12/2008 5:17:36 AM PDT by SE Mom
BEIJING - A powerful earthquake buried 900 students in central China on Monday and killed at least 107 people, as several schools and a water tower collapsed in the tremor, state media reported.
The 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck central China, but sent thousands of people rushing out of buildings and into the streets hundreds of miles away in Beijing and Shanghai. The temblor was felt as far away as Pakistan, Vietnam and Thailand.
The official Xinhua News Agency reported 107 people had died and 34 people were injured. Four children died when two elementary schools in Chongqing municipality collapsed. One person was killed when the quake toppled a water tower in neighboring Sichuan province where the earthquake was centered, Xinhua said.
Xinhua did not give any other details on the 900 buried students or say if any of the students were thought to be alive.
--- The quake struck about 60 miles northwest of Chengdu at 2:28 p.m. and there were several smaller aftershocks, the U.S. Geological Survey said on its Web site.
--- In the Taiwanese capital of Taipei, 100 miles off the southeastern Chinese coast, buildings swayed when the quake hit. There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage.
The quake was felt as far away as the Vietnamese capital of Hanoi, where some people hurried out of swaying office buildings and into the streets downtown. A building in the Thai capital of Bangkok also was evacuated after the quake was felt there.
A magnitude 7.8 earthquake is considered a major event, capable of causing widespread damage and injuries in populated areas.
The last serious earthquake in China was in 2003, when a 6.8-magnitude quake killed 268 people in Bachu county in the west of Xinjiang.
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China is at war with the United States, they are just allowing others to do the shooting for them. FOR NOW.
Earthquake in China kills nearly 9,000
(photos at link also)
http://uk.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKSP24948720080512
Quake topples “80 pct of buildings” in China county
http://uk.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKPEK24743220080512
Prayers especially for the trapped. For every “miracle story” of people rescued after a week buried in rubble, how many lived a few hours or perhaps 6 days? A terrible way to go.
Thanks Ernest.
Biq Quake Takes out Mobile Network in Chengdu
PC World | Monday, May 12, 2008 | Steven Schwankert, IDG News Service
Posted on 05/12/2008 9:38:33 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2014836/posts
NO Olympics Teams there.
At least not now.
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