The China Earthquake Networks Center said at its website that the tremor in Beijing was actually triggered by the quake wave from Sichuan Province in southwest China and not a separate earthquake. A major earthquake measuring 7.8 on ... ...full story at People's Daily
from People's Daily on Tue, May 13 2008
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YouTube video A major earthquake measuring 7.8 Richter Scale jolted Wenchuan County of Southwest China's Sichuan province at 2:28 p.m. on Monday. The quake was also felt in the capital city of Beijing and Xinhua reporters in Zhengzhou, Chengdu, Chongqing also reported... |
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Four buried rescued in Sichuan about 120 hours after devastating quake » People's Daily Rescuers pulled four people alive from the earthquake debris in southwest China's Sichuan Province on Saturday, about five days after the tremor. The 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck Wenchuan County, about 159 km northwest of Sichuan ... |
| 12 May 08 |
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Quake death toll rises to 7,651 in Sichuan » Shanghai Daily MAJOR earthquake in southwest China's Sichuan Province has killed 7,651 people by 10pm today in Sichuan, said the ad hoc headquarters for disaster relief headed by Premier Wen Jiabao in Sichuan. The strong earthquake... |
| 16 May 08 |
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122 aftershocks above magnitude 4 monitored in epicenter after major earthquake » People's Daily As of midnight Thursday, 122 aftershocks measuring above 4 on the Richter scale had been monitored in Wenchuan County, the quake epicenter in southwestern Sichuan Province, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center on Friday. ... |
| 16 May 08 |
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Olympic venues unaffected by earthquake » People's Daily On May 12， an earthquake, measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale, hit Wenchuan County in southwest China's Sichuan Province; and several other provinces and cities felt the earthquake including Beijing. Li Zhanjun, Director of the BOCOG (Beiji ... |
| 12 May 08 |
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Earthquake measuring 7.8 Richter scale hits SW China » People's Daily 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 w ... |
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