・Latest Earthquakes in the World - Past 7 days （twitter-taoyan_niさんの発言より） ・10-degree Map Centered at 30°N,105°E （twitter-taoyan_niさんの発言より） ・BBCnews "Thousands dead in Chinese quake"

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7396400.stm SUMMARY Up to 5000 people are feared to have been killed in the powerful earthquake in Monday afternoon. According to Xinhwa News, it had the 7.8-magnitude quake, happened at 1428 local time. RESPONSE

as instruments of repression of rights of its people have been struck by huge calamities. China is the fresh casualty of his dreaded discipline the Atheist nation has been struck by a 7.8 Earthquake. In the province of China's south-western Sichuan. 5, 000 believe to be buried! This could turn out to be a wicked karma against China for selling guns across the African Continent where as many civilians have been victimized by these guns alone. Click here.

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Added to the Burma disaster: a killer quake in China's Sichuan province. |

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A 7.8 7.9 earthquake just hit 60 miles outside of Chengdu. BBC News NPR ========== I managed to reach my friend in Chengdu. I couldn't get through using a regular cell phone but I was able to connect through SkypeOut. She was in her 10th floor apartment when the quake hit at ~2:30pm. Since then, she's been hanging

flew to Sichuan to direct the rescue effort. He was quoted saying, "My fellow Chinese, facing such a severe disaster, we need calm, confidence, courage and efficient organization." 24,000 PLA troops have been sent to help with 10,000 more on the way. BBC also carried a report and said: "The BBC's Quentin Somerville says this is probably the most significant natural disaster to hit China in recent memory, but that the Chinese army has a good record of mobilising and getting people to safety.

Several stories out in the past few days about China’s vigorous response and openness after the Sichuan earthquake on May 12. BBC’s Quentin Somerville says “it is one of the most open and speedy responses to an emergency he has ever seen from Chinese state media.” The New York Times comments about an ‘uncensored’ rescue, comparing the Chinese response to the Myanmar response, and also citing the