Posted on 07/09/2009 8:58:22 PM PDT by TaraP
CNN) -- More than 10,000 homes have been destroyed from an earthquake that struck southwest China, state media reported.
The quake hit Yunnan province in southwest China Thursday evening, leaving more than 300 people injured, the Xinhua news service reported. Xinhua reported the quake as having a 6.0-magnitude, while the U.S. Geological Survey gave a figure of 5.7.
The quake happened at 7:19 p.m. (11:19 a.m. GMT) Thursday, at a depth of about 10 kilometers (6.2 miles), Xinhua reported.
Thirty people suffered severe injuries, and another 305 were slightly injured as of 1 a.m., relief officials in Yao'an County said.
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Remember the last big earthquake in China when the experts said it would stimulate China’s building sector?
Sounds like the building codes there need a little work.
HUmmm
Still cannot find images of the earthquake. Wonder what the Chicoms have to hide...
Are Shanghai and Beijing safely out of the earthquake belt? Imagine one of those getting hit.
Stimulus money on the way.
LOL
Pretty much nowhere is China is “Out of the belt”
I guess you could say just like Calif. or AK.
I blame Obama. He is to blame for the tragedy in China.
Oh my. 10,000 homes. And if I’m not mistaken, the southeast area hit by last year’s quake is still rebuilding. Thanks for posting.
Yeah, curious. I didn't catch it on the news, just assumed, lol, that coverage of Obama in Europe and Russia and news of Michael Jackson (still) were the 'top' stories.
After the disaster, and the resulting global bruhaha the chicom have seemed to shut the door on photos over the new.
Must have been pretty bad, but mud brick is not very quake resistant.
Oh, my, that's for sure. I wonder then, with 10,000 homes destroyed, what of the death toll, the survivors, and need for aid? Too bad it isn't an Olympic year, like last year, and maybe they would be more forthcoming. I agree, this makes it seem very devastating.
Some reports now put it at 18K to 20K homes destroyed.
trying to get my high gain SW antenna on line to see what Voice of Russia or the beeb is reporting.
Wow, it just keeps getting worse.
trying to get my high gain SW antenna on line to see what Voice of Russia or the beeb is reporting.
Keep us posted, thanks. Sounds potentially devastating, at least in loss of property.
Ya, SWL may be old school - but the news of the massacures in Ruwanda was on the air a full week (7 days) before the TeeVee wanks got on the job....
One connector from finished.
GOt the ant up but the bads are close to dead
I did land a couple of solid Chinese languge stations - it’s just that I don’t speak the language—I’ll try again at sundown - about 11PM here.
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