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Today’s Earthquake: The Day China Entered the Twitter Era

I’m sure by now you’ve heard about the earthquake that hit Sichuan today. It was so big that we even felt it in Shanghai. When it happened I was sitting at my desk working on my computer. I felt a little dizzy and I thought it was just from... ...full story at One Eyed Panda

from One Eyed Panda on Mon, May 12 2008

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12 May 08 visit Breaking News: Earthquake 7.6 on the Richter scale hits Sichuan, tremors felt across China  »  Shanghaiist A strong earthquake measuring 7.6 on the Richter scale has rocked Wenchuan in Sichuan province, some 92km northwest of Chengdu> The earthquake took place at 14:48 Beijing Time and tremors were felt (by our MSN friends) as far as Wuhan, Shanghai and...
26 May 08 visit Family Planning After the Quake  »  China Journal An earthquake orphan sleeps on a nurse’s arm at a hospital in Mianyang, Sichuan province (AP photo) In the wake of the Sichuan earthquake that killed thousands of children (many of them their parents’ only child), authorities in Chengdu, the...
12 May 08 visit Earthquake in China  »  Danwei Instant earthquake news on Twitter A 7.8 magnitude earthquake occurred in eastern Sichuan Province at 2:28pm earlier today, according to this report on the U.S. government's earthquake site. According to information from Twitter.com users in China, the...
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12 May 08 visit China: 7.8 scale earthquake felt across most of China  »  Global Voices At 2:28 pm Monday Beijing time, an earthquake registering 7.8 on the Richter scale struck in southwestern China's Sichuan province, centered in Wenchuan county, and with tremors felt as far away as Beijing and Hong Kong. China's Seismological Bureau has...

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