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Powerful earthquake hits Sichuan
(Xinhua/chinadaily.com.cn)
Updated: 2008-05-12 15:39
BEIJING -- A major earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale jolted Wenchuan County of southwest China's Sichuan Province at 2:28 p.m. Monday, the State Seismological Bureau said, revising a previous figure of 7.6.
The epicenter of the quake was located 31.0 degrees north latitude and 103.4 degrees east longitude, the bureau said.
President Hu Jintao instructed to do every effort possible to rescue and treat the injured, and Premier Wen Jiabao is on the way to Sichuan to direct the rescue efforts, according to a Xinhua report.
It was not immediately clear if there were any casualties or damage from the tremor.
"We felt continuous shaking for about two or three minutes. All the people in our office are rushing downstairs. We're still feeling slight tremblings," said an office worker in Chengdu.
With a population of 111,800, Wenchuan lies in southeast part of the Tibetan-Qiang Autonomous Prefecture of Aba, 146 km to the northwest of Chengdu, provincial capital of Sichuan.
Wenchuan is home to the Wolong Nature Reserve, China's leading research and breeding base of the endangered giant pandas.
In Beijing's financial district, many workers poured from their buildings but there were no visible signs of damage. The subway system was unaffected.
"People were shouting 'get out, get out', so we all ran out of our dorm," said a student surnamed Zhang at a university in nearby Chongqing.
Xinhua reporters in many other parts of China also reported tremors. Reporters in Chengdu said they saw cracks on walls of some residential buildings in the downtown areas, but no building collapsed.
The telecom networks in Chengdu and Chongqing cities broken down for a while after the quake. People complained they were unable to have phone calls on the fixed line or the mobile.
The quake was also felt in Zhengzhou, capital of central Henan Province, where people rushed out of homes and offices and took to the streets.
Many said they felt dizzy and saw the pendant lamps on their ceilings swinging back and forth.
In Lanzhou, capital of the northwest China's Gansu Province, the quake sent many parked cars by the roadside buzzing. Xinhua reporters in Yinchuan, capital of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, said they felt the office building rocking back and forth for about four minutes.
A retiree in Leshan City of Sichuan Province said over the telephone that a wall in her garden collapsed, while a repairman in Chongqing saw the ceiling of his factory shamble and alarmed the staff, who soon left the building. In Shanghai, people were evacuated from office buildings in Hongqiao and Nanjing Road.
An earthquake measuring 3.9 on the Richter scale jolted Tongzhou District in east Beijing at 2:35 p.m. Monday. The quake's epicenter was located 39.8 north latitude and 116.8 east longitude, according to the State Seismological Bureau.
In Shanghai, people were evacuated from office buildings in Hongqiao and Nanjing Road.
Mobile phones in Chengdu and Chongqing could not be reached for a while on Monday afternoon.
2008-5-12 04:12 PM
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CD,
Thanks for this report.
President Hu Jintao instructed to do every effort possible to rescue and treat the injured, and Premier Wen Jiabao is on the way to Sichuan to direct the rescue efforts, according to a Xinhua report.
...and, what a difference to the reaction of the junta in Myanmar's typhoon disaster.
2008-5-12 04:24 PM
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Why there are even a photo of Wenchuan county?
how many men injured?
we should know these cases and help him early!
2008-5-12 04:43 PM
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That is bad news - I have family nearby - most we have contacted -
but 2 we can not get through to their area -
we all hope many are alright in the major quake area -
2008-5-12 05:06 PM
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I wish god bless chinese
MY classmate went to Chengdu with her teacher several days ago.I wish she is OK now,and I hope all the other people can be OK .
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2008-5-12 05:33 PM
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Yes, thank goodness China has good government and an outstanding leader in Hu Jintao.......
and not those criminal thugs in Burma
2008-5-12 05:38 PM
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I would like to express my concerns and best wishes to all the people involved in this earthquake in Sichuan . This is a major grade earthquake with a huge destructive force . The relatively sparse population is a blessing . I read that five school children have died and hundreds hurt when a secondary school collapsed . I will keep my prayers up and my fingers crossed . All the best !
2008-5-12 07:15 PM
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Shanghai is not very serious, but we got home ahead.
2008-5-12 07:21 PM
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QUOTE:
Originally posted by
zglobal
at 2008-5-12 17:38
Yes, thank goodness China has good government and an outstanding leader in Hu Jintao.......
and not those criminal thugs in Burma
YOU looks have faith in your government and recently leader MR Hu which seems very good because it approved that China is such country with harmony and prosperity :
Best wish for your Chinese and China!
Everything will be okay
2008-5-12 07:23 PM
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Just the latest news from Xinhuanet:
China quake buries nearly 900 students in Sichuan Province
www.chinaview.cn
2008-05-12 18:55:54
DUJIANGYAN, Sichuan, May 12 (Xinhua) -- Nearly 900 students in southwest China's Sichuan Province were feared buried when a high school building collapsed here in an earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale on Monday afternoon.
At least four teenagers were confirmed dead at Juyuan Middle School in Juyuan Township of Dujiangyan City, about 100 kilometers from the epicenter in Wenchuan County.
Editor: Sun Yunlong
I really hope that they can be resued alive.
2008-5-12 07:25 PM
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Hope all chinese people have good luck
2008-5-12 08:31 PM
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Pray for the miserable people.
Best wishes to them.
We should be ready to provide what they need and rescue them right now.
2008-5-12 09:31 PM
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My heart goes out to those people in the quake area, the numbers of injured continues to rise in the
media. Response speed was amazing from the pictures of heavy equipment on site, rescuers digging by hand to save people and medical units also mobile and helping.
A prime example of how an emergency *should* be responded to and I wish the best for those affected.
2008-5-12 09:40 PM
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reports of 5,000 dead and 10,000 injured -
anyone have more information -
?
2008-5-12 10:24 PM
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QUOTE:
Originally posted by
tonyinbeijin
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YOU looks have faith in your government and recently leader MR Hu which seems very good because it approved that China is such country with harmony and prosperity :
Best wish for your Chinese ...
Tks for your wishes. China happens to so many troubles in 2008, one by one. But we trust we will go through it when we hold together. Pray for our homeland !
2008-5-12 10:24 PM
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QUOTE:
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reports of 5,000 dead and 10,000 injured -
anyone have more information -
?
your information from which media? So many person dead and injuired! too miserable
2008-5-12 10:26 PM
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So very, very sad
2008-5-12 10:27 PM
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what a catastrophe
...reportedly,got more than 7,600people ,some of whom are even school kids...i am feeling real real sorry for them...
...honestly the doom almost befell me...yet i put it through...its been crazy and horrible..scared the hell outa me...i know exactly how devastating this could be to those who even got no more time to struggle for survival...more traumatically ,their kins...sorry for them...
2008-5-12 11:31 PM
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