China Hit By Earthquake

Drudge Report ^ | Updated:08:00, Monday May 12, 2008 | Sky News

[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.

[chinasunboy]

http://bbs.city.tianya.cn/new/TianyaCity/Content.asp?idWriter=0&Key=0&idItem=63&idArticle=597833&page_num=1

[Youandi]

I came from China, reported by officials, more than 10000 people dead in this earthquake, and the army also entered into the disaster area for succor, the worst report is there was more than 300 students dead in a schoolhouse falled in, only around 100 kids was saved.

We all pay attention to this unprecedented national suffering and pray for our country.

[zhanli]

Two difficulties to rescue:

1.Natural condition:rainstorm/damaged traffic,rolling stones from the mountain due to the many of aftershocks.More difficult at night,as out of power.

2.many people are affected in this disaster,much rescue teams and goods are needed.

The update NO from radio is 11,921 just now.

[DavFeng]

a young girl saved

[earthykid]

oh.you are CIA?is it means CHINA INTERNET AGENT?LOL

[DavFeng]

a man crying after the quake

[DavFeng]

young kid who lost both of his parents

[Shinyablue]

hello guys

i am a chinese, and i am in Beijing

thanks for all the prays and bless. i am moved.

the latest number of dying people is 9219. everyone in china are caring about the people in Sichuan.

[Youandi]

i really want to go there and provide something for those people

[Species8472]

Sorry. I thought you were on of our new Chinese friends :)

We have a new air bag (Zumro NT)that we like a lot better than the "square bag" They can attach together and stack several layers high.

[txhurl]

Oh,no

no

[stlnative]

OK this one “really” got to me, so I am calling it a night...

Sweet little girls who are now in heaven
Pray for these babies and the people of China

http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2008/05_03/chinaquakeAFP_468x481.jpg

[Nexus]

Excuse me if this has been asked before, but I wonder what the status of the new 156 meter tall dam at Zipingpu is.

The dam at Zipingpu is a controversial hydroelectic facility build 9KM upsteam from the ancient Dujiangyan Irrigation System (which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site) on the Min(Jiang) River.

I ask because the dam is literally only 20KM from the quake's epicenter, and right upsteam from the city of Chengdu.

Here is a pic I found from above the dam looking east, down the Min, towards the Chengdu plain:

Here is a Google Map with the green arrow being the epicenter, and the dam being dead center:

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[stlnative]

Zipingpu Hydropower plant stopped by quake

According to the Sichuan provincial government on Tuesday morning, the Wenchuan earthquake has caused severe cracks in the dam of the Zipingpu Hydropower Station. The plant and associated buildings have collapsed, and some are partly sunk. The whole installation is out of commission.

Located at the junction of Dujiangyan City and Wenchuan County on the upper Minjiang River, the Zipingpu Hydropower Plant was one of the first 10 landmark projects of the Western Development plan. It is also the principal project in the province’s 10th five-year plan. The station was brought into service in 2006.

At 2:28 p.m. on Monday an earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale pounded Wenchuan County in the Tibetan-Qiang Autonomous Prefecture of Aba, Sichuan Province, leveling some 500,000 homes in the affected areas and leaving at least 9,219 people dead in the eight affected provinces, the Ministry of Civil Affairs confirmed.

(China.org.cn May 13, 2008)

http://www.china.org.cn/china/wenchuan_earthquake/2008-05/13/content_15201601.htm

THANKS I WAS TRYING TO FIND A PICTURE OF IT AFTER I FOUND THIS STORY EARLIER

[DavFeng]

a man kissing his wife who's giving birth to their child right after the quake out side of the hospital

[DavFeng]

yeah, me too,but sounds like the roads are all blocked by rocks and it is not easy to go in current situation a senior citizen who'd lost his home

[DavFeng]

rescuer holding the hand of a trapped student

[DavFeng]

young student saved by local firefighting officers

[stlnative]

ping to pic of Zipingpu dam

[Nexus]

Well that answers my question, apparently it did not fare well. Hopefully they contained the problem, but that dam is massive (50 stories tall).