BEIJING, April 14, 2010 (AFP) - A strong earthquake hit a remote mountainous area of China Wednesday, killing about 400 people and injuring thousands as it toppled mud-and-wood houses and at least one school, burying many in rubble.
Among the dead were children trapped under the ruins of school buildings when the quake measuring at least 6.9 rocked a predominantly Tibetan region in the northwest province of Qinghai shortly before classes started.
About 10,000 people were injured in the quake, which also disrupted telecommunications, knocked out electricity, toppled temples and triggered landslides, hampering rescue efforts in the high-altitude zone.
Rescuers were working with their bare hands to clear debris and find survivors in Yushu prefecture, the epicentre of the latest killer quake in China.
President Hu Jintao called for all-out efforts to save as many people as possible, while the Pope Benedict XVI called for "solidarity" with the victims of the disaster and Japan offered aid.
About 400 people have been confirmed dead, Xinhua news agency reported, quoting Huang Limin, a top official in Yushu, a sparsely populated area where which lies around 800 kilometres from the provincial capital.
Am I the only one that has noticed all the earthquakes we've had since the begining of this year?.....
There has been a scary amount of earthquakes this year
ReplyDeleteMy prayers goes out to them
ReplyDeleteGod Bless them
ReplyDeletePlease pray for the people over there
ReplyDeleteWow, you don't realize how lucky you are till you find out how bad other people have it in life.
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