Earthquake at Sichuan, 7.9 on the Richter scale Options

[datass]

there was an earthquake on may 12th at sichuan, china. and it was strong enough to reach taiwan, japan, thailand and even pakistan. basically the whole china shook..

On the afternoon of May 12, 2008, an earthquake measuring 7.9 on the Richter scale hit Sichuan Province, a mountainous region in Western China. By the next day, the death toll stood at 12,000, with another 18,000 still missing. Over 15 million people live in the affected area, including almost 4 million in the city of Chengdu. Nearly 2,000 of the dead were students and teachers caught in schools that collapsed.

http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/science...hina/index.html

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/...d-students.html

apparently there's a wikipedia article on it too.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Sichuan_earthquake

and youtube vid.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=mBoCik8RKpc

apparently what seriously sucks is that people had predicted this earthquake, but failed to act upon it. the local officials knew but did nothing. i should quote this but i've only read this in the local newspaper. it was reported that millions of frogs suddenly appeared on the streets to flee days before the earthquake.

[travelerfolio]

It's heartbreaking to see so many died and those who wants to live on can't survive. A friend in Chengdu (some 80km away from the epicenter) simply said that her hometown is shaking everyday.

May the dead rest in peace and the survivors get back to their normal life soonest possible.

I was touring the beautiful places in Sichuan two years ago, and sad to see them in rubble now. http://travelerfolio.com/places/china/sichuan/

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