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Covering the Earthquake zone - a diary

Last week as the earthquake struck Sichuan county we all watched and listened as the news was constantly updated. A friend of mine arrived in the area one day after the quake struck and kept a diary of their day-to-day... ...full story at Zhongnanhai

from Zhongnanhai on Wed, May 21 2008

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13 May 08		Strong Quake Shakes China » YouTube videoANCHOR: We begin today's broadcast with breaking news out of china. A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 7.8 struck Sichuan Province today. The U.S. Geological Survey says the main quake struck at a depth of 29 kilometers and was less than 100...
18 May 08		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 ...
15 Jan 09		Aftershock of magnitude 5.1 jolts epicenter of May 12 quake » Shanghai Daily AN aftershock measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale hit Wenchuan County in southwest China's Sichuan Province at 2:23 am today, according to the National Earthquake Network Center. The quake struck an area 31.3 degrees...
15 Jan 09		Aftershock of magnitude 5.1 jolts epicenter of May 12 quake » People's Daily An aftershock measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale hit Wenchuan County in southwest China's Sichuan Province at 2:23 a.m. Thursday, according to the National Earthquake Network Center. The quake struck an area 31.3 degrees north latitude and 103.3...
01 Aug 08		FLASH: SIX-MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE STRUCK THE AREA BETWEEN PINGWU COUNTY AND BEICHUAN COUNTY, MIANYANG CITY, SICHUAN PROVINCE. » Shanghai Daily FLASH: SIX-MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE STRUCK THE AREA BETWEEN PINGWU COUNTY AND BEICHUAN COUNTY, MIANYANG CITY, SICHUAN PROVINCE.
12 Oct 08		More than 60,000 affected in Tibet quake » People's Daily An earthquake followed by some 1,000 aftershocks has affected more than 60,000 people in the Tibet Autonomous Region this week, the local government said in a news conference Saturday. Since Monday's 6.6-magnitude quake struck Damxung County in...

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