ANOTHER earthquake vol: CHINA 6.9

[mosthated770]

damn.. seems like every week another one hits


http://www.nytimes.com/ap...thquake.html?_r=2&hp

http://news.yahoo.com/s/a...c2xrA3N0cm9uZ3F1YWtlaQ--

BEIJING (AP) -- A series of strong earthquakes struck China's western Qinghai province Wednesday, toppling houses, killing at least 67 people and burying many others in a mountainous rural area, officials and state media said.

The U.S. Geological Survey reported on its Web site that a magnitude 6.9 temblor struck an area in southern Qinghai, near Tibet, on Wednesday morning and was followed by three quakes in the same area.

The main quake sent residents fleeing as it toppled houses made of mud and wood, said Karsum Nyima, the Yushu county television station's deputy head of news, speaking by phone with broadcaster CCTV.

''In a flash, the houses went down. It was a terrible earthquake,'' he said. ''In a small park, there is a Buddhist tower and the top of the tower fell off.

''Everybody is out on the streets, standing in front of their houses, trying to find their family members,'' he said, adding that school buildings had not collapsed but students had been evacuated and were assembled in outdoor playgrounds.

The quake hit the county of Yushu, a Tibetan area in Qinghai's south, the official Xinhua News Agency cited the China Earthquake Networks Center as saying. The Chinese center measured the quake's magnitude at 7.1. A local government Web site put the county's population in 2005 at 89,300, a community of mostly herders and farmers.

The China Earthquake Administration announced the initial death toll in a brief statement on its Web site. Rescue efforts were hindered by telecommunications problems, with phone lines down, the notice said.

 

[jumpman247]

China can take care of themselves

 

[hymen man]

Brutal man. Too many lately.

 

[btlgrnd]

man.

 

[spsfinest212]

 

[kazuum]

makes you think...

 

[popcornplaya]

 

[reigndrop]

Originally Posted by jumpman247

China can take care of themselves

Co-sign.

 

[jordan supreme]

wow... when will it end?

 

[the natural mystic]

Has there always been this many earthquakes within a year? !!!* is starting to make me nervous.

 

[10508 cardo jr ln]

Originally Posted by spsfinest212

im watching that right now for the first time ever..

 

[gello 201]

Originally Posted by hymen man

Brutal man. Too many lately.

What part of the world experiences roughly 30,000 earthquakes a year DONT you understand.

USGS, look it up.  People only care now cause of Haiti and maybe Chile.

Media won again. 

 

[kevenmayne]

Originally Posted by jumpman247

China can take care of themselves

 

[seatown2o6]

The US needs to send aid ASAP!

 

[zichardruniga]

yea theres a lot of earthquakes every year but when was the last time we've seen a string of 6,7. & 8 + magnitude ones we've been seeing around the world

 

[seymore cake]

Originally Posted by spsfinest212

Going Going Going Gone!!!

 

[itsamazingg]

Hmmm.