Earthquake in Sichuan, ChinaCourtesy U.S. Geological Survey
A 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 powerful earthquake trapped nearly 900 students in central China on Monday after their school collapsed and at least 107 people were killed across several provinces, state media reported.Yahoo News
Blogs and a text message like tool called Twitter allowed the blogosphere to witness first person reports in real time (click examples below)
Another new way to experience natural disasters is via You Tube.
Death toll in China earthquake rises to 8,533
Holy cow: this CNN post says that the earthquake in China affected over half the country's provinces. China is BIG. That's one heck of a quake!
Also according to the article:
I've heard, too, that it was felt in Vietnam, Laos and Pakistan as well.
Here's the US Geological Survey earthquake page, with info on the world's most recent seismic activity. And here's specific data on the Sichuan quake. (Click the tabs at the top to see maps, an explanation, etc.)
I especially liked this page which shows a map illustrating shaking density and population sizes that were effected by the Sichuan earthquake.
US intelligence analysts are looking at spy satellite images of the quake area. According to Reuters,
The USGS has upgraded the quake magnitude from 7.8 to 7.9.
Over 50,000 dead, missing or buried in China quake. Yahoo News
Over 50000 dead thats outrageous!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The misery continues in the Sichuan province of China.
The death toll continues to rise, and authorities are warning that dams and hydropower stations have been damaged and could give way at any time.
There have been survival stories:
But the Reuters article goes on to say that one-third of houses have been destroyed, and 90% have been damaged.
School collapses (which killed as many as 13,000 Chinese students this week) during earthquakes are common and widespread due to design or construction errors or poor enforcement of building codes.
The problem isn't necessarily a lack of money or technology. Many times, it's a lack of information. Building safer schools doesn't mean building them so they never collapse, but building them so they collapse in a survivable way--with big spaces between elements so the voids can shelter survivors and be accessed by rescuers.
You can watch videos of the earthquake on CNN's iReport.
didnt the death population change......
It's so sad poor people because they pass to this cathastrophy the number of people die increase day to day and the most incredible is the size of the earthquake cover all China.
A large aftershock earthquake, the strongest of more than 8,000 aftershocks detected since the quake on May 12, destroyed more than 70,000 homes and left 200,000 others in danger of collapse today. The US Geological Survey put the magnitude of Sunday's aftershock at 5.8. Yahoo News
I can't believe this happened to the great China, it is sooo sad hear about the because most of them loss their homes, families and friends.
A magnitude 6.2 earthquake rattled the same area of Sichuan, China, this morning.
USGS data and maps
I think that a very old tectonic plate is under china and is finnaly getting enough pressure to create earth qukes.
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