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| BEIJING (Reuters) - An earthquake killed 14 people, injured nearly 400 and destroyed 8,500 homes in Jiangxi province in eastern China on Saturday morning, the official Xinhua agency reported. Some 130,000 homes were damaged in the worst-hit Jiujiang and Ruicheng counties, while 420,000 people moved to safer areas. Emergency officials rushed tents to the zone to shelter the homeless and earthquake specialists flew down from Beijing. The quake, which measured 5.7 on the Richter scale, hit at 8.49 am local time. It was followed around 20 minutes later by two aftershocks, Xinhua said. |
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Thousands left homeless in 5.5-magnitude earthquake
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| BEIJING, China (CNN) -- Thousands of people are sleeping in tents and open-air courtyards early Sunday after a moderate earthquake destroyed thousands of homes in eastern China, killing at least 17 people and injuring hundreds of others, according to Chinese officials and state-run media reports. Relief operations continued through the night, as China's government rushed in 1,000 tents to house those left homeless by the temblor. A 20-member team of seismologists from Beijing arrived in the quake-struck area to monitor the area for potential aftershocks. |
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Magnitude 6.3
# Date-Time Saturday, June 2, 2007 at 21:34:59 (UTC)
= Coordinated Universal Time
# Sunday, June 3, 2007 at 5:34:59 AM
= local time at epicenter
Location 23.031°N, 101.023°E
Depth 10 km (6.2 miles) set by location program
Region YUNNAN, CHINA
# Distances 118 km (74 miles) N (10°) from Yunjinghong, Yunnan, China
# 215 km (133 miles) W (259°) from Gejiu, Yunnan, China
# 276 km (172 miles) NW (312°) from Dien Bien Phu, Vietnam
# 547 km (340 miles) WNW (295°) from HANOI, Vietnam
Magnitude 6.4
Date-Time
* Wednesday, January 09, 2008 at 08:26:45 UTC
* Wednesday, January 09, 2008 at 04:26:45 PM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location 32.341°N, 85.146°E
Depth 10 km (6.2 miles) set by location program
Region WESTERN XIZANG
Distances 445 km (275 miles) NE of Jumla, Nepal
470 km (290 miles) NNE of Pokhara, Nepal
495 km (305 miles) NW of Xigaze, Xizang (Tibet)
515 km (320 miles) N of KATHMANDU, Nepal
Magnitude 7.2
Date-Time
* Thursday, March 20, 2008 at 22:33:00 UTC
* Friday, March 21, 2008 at 06:33:00 AM at epicenter
* Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location 35.445°N, 81.392°E
Depth 22.9 km (14.2 miles) (poorly constrained)
Region XINJIANG-XIZANG BORDER REGION
Distances 225 km (140 miles) SE of Hotan, Xinjiang, China
375 km (235 miles) ENE of Leh, Kashmir
620 km (385 miles) ENE of Srinagar, Kashmir
3105 km (1930 miles) W of BEIJING, Beijing, China
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| BEIJING, China (CNN) -- At least 107 people died in a major earthquake that rocked central China on Monday -- but the total does not include any of the nearly 900 students feared buried in a collapsed high school. China's official news agency Xinhua did not say if the buried students were believed to still be alive following the 7.8 magnitude quake. Xinhua did not detail where the 107 deaths occured, although it reported earlier that four students were killed and 110 hurt when a middle school building collapsed in Juyuan Township of Dujiangyan City, about 60 miles (100 kilometers) southeast of the epicenter. |
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| BEIJING (Reuters) - An estimated 3,000 to 5,000 people were killed in one county of China's Sichuan province alone after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit the region, Xinhua news agency said, citing the local government. As many as 10,000 in Sichuan's Beichuan county were feared injured, the report said. |
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| BEIJING - A massive earthquake struck central China on Monday and state media reported that as many as 5,000 people were killed in a single county while nearly 900 students were trapped under the rubble of their school. The official Xinhua News Agency said 80 percent of the buildings had collapsed in Beichuan county in Sichuan province after the 7.8-magnitude quake. Xinhua reported that 3,000 to 5,000 people had died in Beichuan, which has a population of 160,000, raising fears the overall death toll could increase sharply. Another 10,000 people were believed to be hurt. |
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The only thing we can be sure of is we'll never know the exact count or extent of damage. It's China...
http://www.wfaa.com/sharedcontent/dws/wfaa/latestnews/stories/wfaa080512_wz_chinaquake.f214821c.html
4.9 2008/05/12 12:15:41 31.898 104.623 10.0 EASTERN SICHUAN, CHINA
5.8 2008/05/12 11:11:02 31.249 103.693 10.0 EASTERN SICHUAN, CHINA
5.1 2008/05/12 10:23:40 30.992 103.413 10.0 EASTERN SICHUAN, CHINA
5.5 2008/05/12 09:42:25 31.519 104.116 10.0 EASTERN SICHUAN, CHINA
4.9 2008/05/12 09:23:34 32.142 104.894 10.0 SICHUAN-GANSU BORDER REGION, CHINA
5.1 2008/05/12 09:07:00 31.255 103.788 10.0 EASTERN SICHUAN, CHINA
5.0 2008/05/12 08:47:25 32.215 105.029 10.0 SICHUAN-GANSU BORDER REGION, CHINA
4.9 2008/05/12 08:26:12 31.399 103.957 10.0 EASTERN SICHUAN, CHINA
5.2 2008/05/12 08:21:40 31.542 104.085 10.0 EASTERN SICHUAN, CHINA
5.2 2008/05/12 08:10:59 31.225 103.574 10.0 EASTERN SICHUAN, CHINA
5.4 2008/05/12 07:34:42 31.278 103.799 10.0 EASTERN SICHUAN, CHINA
5.7 2008/05/12 06:54:18 31.155 103.826 10.0 EASTERN SICHUAN, CHINA
6.0 2008/05/12 06:43:14 31.225 103.761 10.0 EASTERN SICHUAN, CHINA
7.8 2008/05/12 06:28:00 31.104 103.270 10.0 EASTERN SICHUAN, CHINA
http://www.wfaa.com/sharedcontent/dws/wfaa/latestnews/stories/wfaa080512_wz_chinaquake.f214821c.html
I bet it keeps going up and up....
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| The death toll quickly rose throughout the day. State-run news agency Xinhua said it had reached 8,533 in Sichuan Province by Monday night, and another 10,000 were believed to be injured. It reported that authorities were yet to reach Wenchuan County -- which sits at the epicenter of the 7.8-magnitude earthquake with a population of about 112,000 -- because of damage to roads. In Beichuan County, close to Wenchuan, the number of deaths was estimated at more than 3,000, with 80 percent of the buildings destroyed. |
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| The earthquake also rattled buildings in Beijing, some 930 miles to the north, less than three months before the Chinese capital was expected to be full of hundreds of thousands of foreign visitors for the Summer Olympics. Many Beijing office towers were evacuated, including the building housing the media offices for the organizers of the Olympics, which start in August. None of the Olympic venues was damaged. “I’ve lived in Taipei and California and I’ve been through quakes before. This is the most I’ve ever felt,” said James McGregor, a business consultant who was inside the LG Towers in Beijing’s business district. “The floor was moving underneath me.” |
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now officially a 7.9
Magnitude 7.9
Date-Time
* Monday, May 12, 2008 at 06:28:00 UTC
* Monday, May 12, 2008 at 02:28:00 PM at epicenter
* Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location 31.099°N, 103.279°E
Depth 10 km (6.2 miles) set by location program
Region EASTERN SICHUAN, CHINA
Distances 90 km (55 miles) WNW of Chengdu, Sichuan, China
145 km (90 miles) WSW of Mianyang, Sichuan, China
360 km (220 miles) WNW of Chongqing, Chongqing, China
1545 km (960 miles) SW of BEIJING, Beijing, China
just had a couple more 5.x's - it must be pure hell in that region right now.
the count is over 10,000 now - and - 80 tons of ammonia has leaked from a collapsed chemical plant.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/05/12/china.quake/index.html
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| CHENGDU, China, May 13 -- Soldiers, paramilitary police and civilian rescue workers struggled against rainstorms and fog Tuesday to reach thousands of people trapped under the rubble of schools, hospitals and homes collapsed by Monday's deadly earthquake in central China. Another 2,000 people were found dead and 4,800 were missing in the little town of Mianzhu, near the quake's epicenter in Wenchuan county about 60 miles north of Chengdu, the official New China News Agency reported. The discovery brought to nearly 12,000 the number of people estimated killed by the strong tremor, which measured 7.9 on the Richter scale as it rolled through a half-dozen Chinese provinces and rattled buildings as far away as Vietnam. Several mid-afternoon aftershocks jarred Chengdu, the Sichuan provincial capital, sending thousands of office workers and residents into the streets in a repeat of Monday's panic. Dozens of families were seen camping under red, white and blue tarps beside the Funan River in the city center. |
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I've been watching this closely, the quakes are moving back and
forth along a diagonal line...
Wonder if it is just settling into place or getting ready for another rumble.
my thoughts too, it seems to be ping-pong'ing doesn't it ?
Yahoo reporting 18K missing along with the 12K confirmed dead.
I wonder if they would take our aide?
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| China says 18,645 people were buried under debris in the city of Mianyang, neighbouring Wenchuan county, the epicentre of Monday's devastating earthquake. A strong aftershock rocked Chengdu, capital of Sichuan, on Tuesday afternoon, one of more than 1,950 over the past day and keeping nervous residents on edge. An official from China's seismological bureau official said more strong aftershocks could still hit Sichuan, Xinhua said, as hotels in Chengdu told guests to stay on lower floors. |
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still ping-ponging, but it does seem to be slowing.
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| SICHUAN PROVINCE, China (CNN) -- China's death toll from a massive earthquake soared by several thousand Wednesday as rescue teams poured into the country's hardest-hit areas, state-run media reported. t1artwomanrescue.jpg The Xinhua news agency reported Wednesday that the death toll had risen to 14,866. An unofficial tally of deaths in individual communities -- as reported by the news agency over several days -- puts the toll at 19,565. Xinhua also said nearly 26,000 people were still buried under debris and another 14,000 missing. Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao headed to the quake's epicenter in Wenchuan county Wednesday afternoon, according to the Xinhua news agency. |
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| DUJIANGYAN, China (AP) - Chinese state media says troops are rushing to plug "extremely dangerous" cracks in a dam upriver from an earthquake-hit city. Xinhua News Agency said Wednesday that 2,000 troops had been sent to work on the Zipingku Dam, upriver from Dujiangyan in Sichuan province. Dujiangyan saw buildings collapse and services cut off in Monday's magnitude 7.9 quake earthquake. |
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This Sept. 14, 2007 picture released by GeoEye Satellite Image shows the Zipingpu Dam, upriver from the town of Dujiangyan, Sichuan, China. On Wednesday, May 14, 2008, thousands of Chinese troops rushed to plug cracks in the dam in earthquake-hit Sichuan province, but experts later said it was safe.
(AP Photo/GeoEye Satellite Image)
http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Sichuan-province-GeoEye-China-Dujiangyan2C-Sichuan/photo//080514/480/6b9bda3ffafc4c74a970ca32aa383b19//s:/ap/20080514/ap_on_re_as/china_earthquake_dam;_ylt=AgUIAN0ogyurvQfW7B6HAar9xg8F#photoViewer=/080514/480/6b9bda3ffafc4c74a970ca32aa383b19
Yeah i could see how this coming apart would cause a serious problem!!
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| WENCHUAN, China (Reuters) - The death toll from China's massive earthquake could soar to more than 50,000, state media reported on Thursday, as rescuers struggled to help survivors and hope faded for the thousands buried under rubble. Already some 20,000 are confirmed dead as a result of Monday's 7.9 magnitude quake and 25,000 remained buried in areas rescuers have struggled to reach, battling landslides, buckled roads, collapsed bridges and wet weather. The Communist Party leadership told officials to "ensure social stability" in rescue efforts, as the quake spawned rumors of chemical spills, fears of dam bursts and scenes of collective desperation. |
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ok really, I've never seen or even heard of a string of quakes
that bounce back and forth like this ...
I just hope things are settling with minor quakes. The last thing they need is another big one.
yes, they do seem to be getting smaller but the pattern remains,
also there are still a lot of 4.x and even 5.x's in the area.
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Maps/10/105_30_eqs.php
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| A strong aftershock sparked landslides Friday near the epicenter of this week's powerful earthquake, while some survivors were pulled from rubble after being buried for four days. The U.S. Geological Survey said the latest tremor measured magnitude 5.5, one of the strongest among dozens that have shaken the area. |
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| BEICHUAN, China (CNN) -- Thousands of Chinese earthquake victims and rescuers are fleeing areas near the epicenter over fears of floods from a river blocked by landslides. The stampede of thousands of people on Saturday afternoon came as Chinese officials said the official death toll from the earthquake had risen to 28,881 people with 198,347 injured. About 30,000 people live downstream, not including the many rescuers and others who were in the area because of the quake relief effort, he said. Officials, worried that one or both of the lakes could burst, forced the evacuation of 10 villages and townships downriver, he said. One lake has an estimated 11 million cubic meters of water and the other has 1.5 million cubic meters. |
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| China's government has appealed for international aid at the beginning of a three-day period of mourning for tens of thousands of people killed by a huge earthquake. Rescue workers mark the three minute silence Rescue workers mark the three minute silence The country's 1.3 billion population observed three minutes of silence exactly seven days after the tremor left an estimated 71,000 people dead or missing. The horns of cars, trains and ships sounded with air raid sirens to mark the moment, at 6.28am GMT. |
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Wow, now relief workers are getting killed and buried in mudslides....
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=080519074942.pze3mqkp&show_article=1
Magnitude 6.0
Date-Time
* Sunday, May 25, 2008 at 08:21:49 UTC
* Sunday, May 25, 2008 at 04:21:49 PM at epicenter
* Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location 32.587°N, 105.424°E
Depth 10 km (6.2 miles) set by location program
Region SICHUAN-GANSU BORDER REGION, CHINA
Distances 40 km (25 miles) WNW of Guangyuan, Sichuan, China
140 km (85 miles) NNE of Mianyang, Sichuan, China
350 km (220 miles) NNW of Chongqing, Chongqing, China
1275 km (790 miles) SW of BEIJING, Beijing, China
http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30200-1317088,00.html
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| Chinese state media say aftershocks toppled more than 420,000 houses Tuesday in China's quake zone, nearly two weeks after this month's devastating earthquake. The official Xinhua news agency reports that the two temblors, 5.4 and 5.7 magnitude, struck in China's southwestern Sichuan and neighboring Shaanxi province. |
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| BEICHUAN, China (AFP) — Chinese authorities were Wednesday engaged in an all-out evacuation effort as a dangerously swelling lake formed by this month's devastating earthquake threatened to engulf the area. As the death toll from the May 12 quake jumped to 67,000, state press said that emergency workers had wanted to move the residents from their homes near the so-called "quake lake" by midnight (1600 GMT) Tuesday. Around 70,000 people were earlier removed from Beichuan County as concern rose that the lake -- formed when the quake triggered landslides that blocked the Jian river -- could overflow and surge downstream. |
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I have this "weird" feeling ALOT more people died in all the quakes than China is letting on.
im guessing probably a million people.
Plan for quake 'warning system'
By Paul Rincon
Science reporter, BBC News
Nasa scientists have said they could be on the verge of a
breakthrough in their efforts to forecast earthquakes.
Researchers say they have found a close link between electrical
disturbances on the edge of our atmosphere and impending quakes on
the ground below.
Just such a signal was spotted in the days leading up to the recent
devastating event in China.
They have teamed up with experts in the UK to investigate a possible
space-based early warning system.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7435324.stm
they had a guy on coast to coast talking about this last night.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/06/24/quake.toll/index.html
NBC is reporting this am another major 6.0+ earthquake in the same region of China. Cannot find anything about it on news services yet....
Magnitude 6.2
Date-Time
* Tuesday, August 05, 2008 at 09:49:17 UTC
* Tuesday, August 05, 2008 at 05:49:17 PM at epicenter
* Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location 32.810°N, 105.556°E
Depth 10 km (6.2 miles) set by location program
Region SICHUAN-GANSU BORDER REGION, CHINA
Distances 50 km (30 miles) NNW of Guangyuan, Sichuan, China
140 km (85 miles) WSW of Hanzhong, Shaanxi, China
370 km (230 miles) NNW of Chongqing, Chongqing, China
1245 km (780 miles) SW of BEIJING, Beijing, China
Writeup: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080805/ts_nm/quake_china_dc
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| BEIJING (Reuters) - A strong earthquake rocked the western Chinese provinces of Sichuan and Gansu on Tuesday, near the site of May's devastating quake that killed at least 70,000 people, the U.S. Geological Survey said. There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage from the 6.0-magnitude quake, whose epicenter was 1,253 km (778 miles) southwest of Beijing. The magnitude of May's quake was 7.9. A shallow quake of Tuesday's magnitude is capable of significant property damage. The Olympic torch was paraded in the capital of earthquake-hit Sichuan province on Tuesday on its journey to Beijing, where the Games will open on Friday. |
Magnitude 6.0
Date-Time
* Thursday, August 21, 2008 at 12:24:31 UTC
* Thursday, August 21, 2008 at 06:54:31 PM at epicenter
* Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location 25.066°N, 97.737°E
Depth 10 km (6.2 miles) set by location program
Region MYANMAR-CHINA BORDER REGION
Distances 50 km (30 miles) SE of Myitkyina, Myanmar
240 km (150 miles) W of Dali, Yunnan, China
370 km (230 miles) E of Kohima, Nagaland, India
930 km (580 miles) N of YANGON (Rangoon), Myanmar
Magnitude 6.7
Date-Time
* Monday, August 25, 2008 at 13:22:02 UTC
* Monday, August 25, 2008 at 09:22:02 PM at epicenter
* Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location 30.899°N, 83.623°E
Depth 35 km (21.7 miles) set by location program
Region WESTERN XIZANG
Distances 230 km (140 miles) NE of Jumla, Nepal
295 km (185 miles) N of Pokhara, Nepal
370 km (230 miles) NNE of Nepalganj, Nepal
390 km (245 miles) NNW of KATHMANDU, Nepal