More than 300 Injured by Strong Quake in China

peaceandlove · 07-09-2009, 09:58 PM

Hmmmm....anything to do with Solar Eclipse coming? It is within the 14 day window prior to 7/22/2009.

More than 300 Injured by Strong Quake in China

37 mins ago

BEIJING – A moderate earthquake rocked southwest China Thursday evening, injuring at least 336 people and collapsing 10,000 homes, state media said. The magnitude-6.0 temblor, centered in Yunnan province's Yao'an county, damaged another 30,000 homes, the Xinhua News Agency said.

Thirty people suffered severe injuries, while the other 305 were slightly injured, Xinhua said.

The quake was followed by eight aftershocks and the provincial civil affairs department was sending 4,500 tents, 3,000 quilts and other relief materials to Yao'an, Xinhua said.

Hundreds of police were dispatched to the disaster zone, it said.

Yunnan is a quake-prone, mountainous region that lies on China's southern border with Thailand and Myanmar. It also borders Sichuan province, where a magnitude-7.9 quake last year left almost 90,000 people dead or missing.

In 1988, a 7.1-magnitude quake in Yunnan near Myanmar killed more than 930 people. More than 15,000 people died after a magnitude-7.7 earthquake in the province in 1970, though authorities at the time covered up information on casualties and damage amid the chaos of the Cultural Revolution.

SOURCE: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090709/...ina_earthquake

07-09-2009, 09:58 PM	#1
peaceandlove Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Turtle Island Posts: 2,776	More than 300 Injured by Strong Quake in China Hmmmm....anything to do with Solar Eclipse coming? It is within the 14 day window prior to 7/22/2009. More than 300 Injured by Strong Quake in China 37 mins ago BEIJING – A moderate earthquake rocked southwest China Thursday evening, injuring at least 336 people and collapsing 10,000 homes, state media said. The magnitude-6.0 temblor, centered in Yunnan province's Yao'an county, damaged another 30,000 homes, the Xinhua News Agency said. Thirty people suffered severe injuries, while the other 305 were slightly injured, Xinhua said. The quake was followed by eight aftershocks and the provincial civil affairs department was sending 4,500 tents, 3,000 quilts and other relief materials to Yao'an, Xinhua said. Hundreds of police were dispatched to the disaster zone, it said. Yunnan is a quake-prone, mountainous region that lies on China's southern border with Thailand and Myanmar. It also borders Sichuan province, where a magnitude-7.9 quake last year left almost 90,000 people dead or missing. In 1988, a 7.1-magnitude quake in Yunnan near Myanmar killed more than 930 people. More than 15,000 people died after a magnitude-7.7 earthquake in the province in 1970, though authorities at the time covered up information on casualties and damage amid the chaos of the Cultural Revolution. SOURCE: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090709/...ina_earthquake Last edited by peaceandlove; 07-09-2009 at 10:01 PM.