[firewalk]

prayers

[bd476]

Summary

Estimated Population Exposed to Earthquake Shaking

Est. Modified Mercalli Intensity	Est. Population Exposure (k = x1000)	Perceived Shaking	Potential Structure Damage
			Resistant	Vulnerable
X	117k	Extreme	V. Heavy	V. Heavy
IX	92k	Violent	Heavy	V. Heavy
VIII	866k	Severe	Moderate/Heavy	Heavy
VII	4,781k	Very Strong	Moderate	Moderate/Heavy
VI	13,538k	Strong	Light	Moderate
V	43,966k*	Moderate	V. Light	Light
IV	2,875k*	Light	None	None
II-III	--*	Weak	None	None
I	--*	Not Felt	None	None

*Estimated exposure only includes population within the map area.

Population Exposure

 Population per ˜1 square km from Landscan 2005

Selected City Exposure

MMI	City	Population
VII	Tianpeng	60k
VI	Linqiong	55k
VI	Chengdu	3950k
VI	Jiangyou	127k
VI	Mianyang	264k
VI	Deyang	152k
V	Tongchuan	58k
V	Neijiang	546k
V	Nanchong	7150k
V	Zigong	689k
V	Yibin	242k

Shaking Intensity

    MMI

Users should consider the preliminary nature of this information and check for updates as additional data becomes available. Population exposure estimates are NOT a direct estimate of earthquake damage; comparable shaking will result in significantly lower losses in regions with well built structures than in regions with vulnerable structures.

Map of MMI contours plotted over population per ˜1 square km (see gray scale bar on top of map). The regions of integer MMI values are separated by the thick contour lines and labeled with Roman numerals. The total population exposure to a given MMI value is obtained by summing the population between the thick contour lines. This total is shown in population exposure table.Exposure table

Map of shaking intensity. This map shows the estimated MMI as a continuous color scale. The ground shaking estimates can be obtained from http://earthquake.usgs.gov/shakemap/.

[bd476]

Video taking during the earthquake inside student dorm. Turn the volume down a little before playing.

Youtube: Chinese students taking shelter under desks at time of earthquake

Added: May 12, 2008 (Less info)

Sichuan University student takes video at 2:29pm in dorm.

The 2008 Sichuan earthquake shook Wenchuan County, Sichuan province of the People's Republic of China at 14:28:04 local time (06:28:04 GMT). It had a magnitude of 7.8 Mw according to the State Seismological Bureau of China and United States Geological Survey. The earthquake was felt as far away as Beijing and Shanghai, where office buildings swayed with the impact and Vietnam capital Hanoi.The closest major city from the earthquake's epicenter is Chengdu.

The epicenter was at 31.084°N, 103.267°E, in Wenchuan County, Ngawa Prefecture, 90 km northwest of Chengdu, Sichuan, China, with its main tremor so far occurring at 14:28:04 local time (06:28:04 am GMT) on Monday 12 May 2008. Early reports of the earthquake's Richter scale magnitude ranged from 7.6 to 8.0. Five major aftershocks ranging in magnitude from 4.0 to 6.0 were recorded within two hours of the main tremor.

Office workers in Chengdu reported a "continuous shaking for about two or three minutes", with many people rushing outside.

Sky News report on You Tube

[mewzilla]

Bush: US 'ready to help' China after quake

Prayers for all in harm's way.

[Eye On The Left]

Looks like this earthquake may well have been triggered by the continual movement of the Indian plate into the Asian continent. The Himalaya Mts were, and are still being, formed from this slow motion collision which began around 50 million years ago.

Geology of the Himalayas (Origins and growth):
"In the Upper Cretaceous (84 Million yrs ago), the Indian plate began its very rapid northward drift at an average speed of 16 cm/year, covering a distance of about 6000 km [~3600 miles], until the collision of the northwestern part of the Indian passive margin with Eurasia in early Eocene time (48-52 Million yrs ago). Since that time and until today, the Indian continent continues its northwards movement at a slower but still surprisingly fast rate of ~5 cm/year..."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geology_of_the_Himalaya

[aphid]

Adding my prayers for those affected in China.

[skr]

Sending prayers for the people of China.

[Grunthor]

“Children Killed In China Earthquake”

Sad to hear but has anyone ever heard of an earthquake anywhere that ONLY killed adults?

[sleddogs]

I pray this is nowhere near the tragedy 1976 quake

Tangshan: The Deadliest Earthquake

At 3:42 a.m. on July 28, 1976, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake hit the sleeping city of Tangshan, in northeastern China. The very large earthquake, striking an area where it was totally unexpected, obliterated the city of Tangshan and killed over 240,000 people - making it the deadliest earthquake of the twentieth century.

http://history1900s.about.com/od/horribledisasters/a/tangshan.htm

[Frank1984]

I am chinese,thank you to you all. May best things be with you.

[communion]

I’M a Chinese ,my english is poor

HERE are some photos for WenChuang city(before the earthquake came),it’s center of the earthquake

http://laiba.tianya.cn/laiba/images/407749/12106436691504579150/A/1/m.jpg

http://laiba.tianya.cn/laiba/images/407749/12106435320736708702/A/1/m.jpg

[Rocky]

A terrible tragedy. Prayers for all.

[HardCandy]

the death toll is keeping rising....
one of my friend is in Sichuan-Chengdu..he told me it’s still shaking last night....
I hope he will be all right....
paryers..

em..I’m sorry for my poor English...

[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.

[Gareth VV]

Now the death number is 12000

Children found in their school:
http://bbs.anjia.com/UploadFile/2008-5/200851316431817872.jpg

[FreeTalker]

From this post, I’ve seen most US people (maybe most people here are working for US goverment) do not know anything about China at all. BUT, you imagine how bad Chinese goverment is and criticize it as your will.

I am from China too, as you may “be suprised” as well , I can connect to this site freely and post any words I like here. (I refered this post to many guys in China, it’s really funny you believe this)
China is not what you think, taking a look at it and its people before criticizing anything.
Just let facts talk.

CNN is now a funny joke.

[bd476]

Earthquake List for Map of Asia Region

Update time = Tue May 13 10:36:07 UTC 2008

Here is a list of the earthquakes located by the USGS and contributing networks for the Map of Asia Region. Most recent events are at the top. (Some early events may be obscured by later ones on the map.) Click on the date portion of an earthquake record in the list below for more information.

	MAG	UTC DATE-TIME y/m/d h:m:s	LAT deg	LON deg	DEPTH km	Region
MAP	4.9	2008/05/13 10:16:06	31.744	104.438	10.0	EASTERN SICHUAN, CHINA
MAP	5.0	2008/05/13 08:20:51	31.397	103.972	10.0	EASTERN SICHUAN, CHINA
MAP	5.0	2008/05/13 07:53:02	32.332	105.069	10.0	SICHUAN-GANSU BORDER REGION, CHINA
MAP	5.0	2008/05/13 07:19:16	32.472	105.338	10.0	SICHUAN-GANSU BORDER REGION, CHINA
MAP	5.9	2008/05/13 07:07:09	30.942	103.246	10.0	EASTERN SICHUAN, CHINA
MAP	4.6	2008/05/13 05:36:29	32.606	105.487	10.0	SICHUAN-GANSU BORDER REGION, CHINA
MAP	4.4	2008/05/13 05:25:47	32.600	105.221	10.0	SICHUAN-GANSU BORDER REGION, CHINA
MAP	5.0	2008/05/13 03:00:38	31.222	103.671	10.0	EASTERN SICHUAN, CHINA
MAP	4.7	2008/05/13 01:46:31	55.581	161.287	106.7	NEAR THE EAST COAST OF KAMCHATKA, RUSSIA
MAP	3.1	2008/05/13 00:44:25	51.614	-178.805	5.5	ANDREANOF ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN IS., ALASKA
MAP	5.3	2008/05/12 23:54:47	31.307	103.576	10.0	EASTERN SICHUAN, CHINA
MAP	5.4	2008/05/12 23:46:19	31.319	103.501	10.0	EASTERN SICHUAN, CHINA
MAP	3.0	2008/05/12 22:59:09	50.937	-173.885	48.3	ANDREANOF ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN IS., ALASKA
MAP	5.0	2008/05/12 22:57:46	24.041	122.515	36.7	TAIWAN REGION
MAP	4.6	2008/05/12 21:08:14	31.385	103.436	10.0	EASTERN SICHUAN, CHINA
MAP	4.8	2008/05/12 20:51:26	32.312	104.958	10.0	SICHUAN-GANSU BORDER REGION, CHINA
MAP	5.3	2008/05/12 20:45:31	31.759	104.420	10.0	EASTERN SICHUAN, CHINA
MAP	5.6	2008/05/12 20:08:48	31.420	103.906	10.0	EASTERN SICHUAN, CHINA
MAP	4.4	2008/05/12 18:55:21	32.223	104.850	10.0	SICHUAN-GANSU BORDER REGION, CHINA
MAP	5.1	2008/05/12 17:54:32	31.250	103.492	10.0	EASTERN SICHUAN, CHINA
MAP	4.8	2008/05/12 17:52:23	31.891	104.449	10.0	EASTERN SICHUAN, CHINA
MAP	3.1	2008/05/12 17:26:13	51.190	179.663	7.0	RAT ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, ALASKA
MAP	4.9	2008/05/12 17:03:10	31.133	103.586	10.0	EASTERN SICHUAN, CHINA
MAP	5.1	2008/05/12 15:28:53	31.056	103.509	10.0	EASTERN SICHUAN, CHINA
MAP	5.1	2008/05/12 15:05:31	31.256	103.704	18.3	EASTERN SICHUAN, CHINA
MAP	5.1	2008/05/12 14:46:07	32.730	105.610	10.0	SICHUAN-GANSU BORDER REGION, CHINA
MAP	5.1	2008/05/12 14:15:26	32.140	104.613	13.8	SICHUAN-GANSU BORDER REGION, CHINA
MAP	4.8	2008/05/12 13:40:54	31.038	103.518	10.0	EASTERN SICHUAN, CHINA
MAP	3.3	2008/05/12 12:21:36	51.636	-176.639	38.3	ANDREANOF ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN IS., ALASKA
MAP	4.9	2008/05/12 12:15:41	31.898	104.623	10.0	EASTERN SICHUAN, CHINA
MAP	5.8	2008/05/12 11:11:02	31.249	103.693	10.0	EASTERN SICHUAN, CHINA
MAP	5.1	2008/05/12 10:23:40	30.992	103.413	10.0	EASTERN SICHUAN, CHINA
MAP	5.5	2008/05/12 09:42:25	31.519	104.116	10.0	EASTERN SICHUAN, CHINA
MAP	4.9	2008/05/12 09:23:34	32.142	104.894	10.0	SICHUAN-GANSU BORDER REGION, CHINA
MAP	5.1	2008/05/12 09:07:00	31.255	103.788	10.0	EASTERN SICHUAN, CHINA
MAP	5.0	2008/05/12 08:47:25	32.215	105.029	10.0	SICHUAN-GANSU BORDER REGION, CHINA
MAP	4.9	2008/05/12 08:26:12	31.399	103.957	10.0	EASTERN SICHUAN, CHINA
MAP	5.2	2008/05/12 08:21:40	31.542	104.085	10.0	EASTERN SICHUAN, CHINA
MAP	5.2	2008/05/12 08:10:59	31.225	103.574	10.0	EASTERN SICHUAN, CHINA
MAP	5.4	2008/05/12 07:34:42	31.278	103.799	10.0	EASTERN SICHUAN, CHINA
MAP	5.7	2008/05/12 06:54:18	31.155	103.826	10.0	EASTERN SICHUAN, CHINA
MAP	6.0	2008/05/12 06:43:14	31.225	103.761	10.0	EASTERN SICHUAN, CHINA
MAP	7.9	2008/05/12 06:28:00	31.021	103.367	10.0	EASTERN SICHUAN, CHINA

[MARKUSPRIME]

I want to let the chinese that are really here for support know that I am sorry for being so rude,and crass during this time. Now I do not like the CCP at all and belive in democracy for everyone. I feel angry and jaded at the world at this moment in my life because someone really close to me in my family died a few weeks ago. I have had a rough year and can be very snappy and mean at times. I do apologize and my prayers go out to all the innocents lost. I was just thinking about this last night about my family and my loss and thought I would say sorry.

[Deaf Smith]

05/13 bump

[luslee]

All of you have a warm heart. I thank you !