Magnitude 6.0 - SICHUAN-GANSU BORDER REGION, CHINA

Magnitude 6.0 - SICHUAN-GANSU BORDER REGION, CHINA

earthquake.usgs.gov

6.0 Mw - SICHUAN-GANSU BORDER REG, CHINA
Preliminary Earthquake Report Magnitude 6.0 Mw
Date-Time

* 17 May 2008 17:08:25 UTC
* 18 May 2008 01:08:25 near epicenter
* 17 May 2008 11:08:25 standard time in your timezone

Location 32.273N 104.984E
Depth 10 km
Distances

* 81 km (50 miles) WSW (257 degrees) of Guangyuan, Sichuan, China
* 97 km (60 miles) NNE (13 degrees) of Mianyang, Sichuan, China
* 193 km (120 miles) NNW (328 degrees) of Nanchong, Sichuan, China
* 1255 km (780 miles) N (356 degrees) of HANOI, Vietnam

Location Uncertainty Horizontal: 9.5 km; Vertical 0.0 km
Parameters Nph = 39; Dmin = 999.9 km; Rmss = 1.13 seconds; Gp = 75°
M-type = Mw; Version = 6
Event ID US 2008sda9 ***This event supersedes event AT00104411.

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This just happened about 15 minutes ago. Start praying for this people. There were already major concerns over the status of the surrounding dams and the death toll was still rising from the first event.

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Man this is the last thing they need rite now! but at least we can be assured they will react quickly to it!
this is not the sort of thing they want with the olympics coming up!

god be with them (the people not the government)

I dont see this in the news at all must not of hit a city?

Jeez man, what the heck is going on over there? Those folks are going through some really rough times, at all levels...Hopefully not too many were injured or killed this time around.

The latest update

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Strong quake aftershock hits southwest China: seismologists


BEIJING, May 18, 2008 (AFP) - A strong aftershock early Sunday rocked the southwest Chinese province that is struggling to recover from a devastating earthquake, the US Geological Survey said.

The 6.0-magnitude aftershock occurred on Sichuan's border with Gansu province, the USGS said, at around 1:08 a.m. (1708 GMT Saturday) at a shallow depth of 10 kilometres (six miles).

It is the latest in a series of aftershocks to rattle the area since a 7.9-magnitude quake hit Monday, leaving tens of thousands of people dead or missing in and around Sichuan.

There were no immediate reports of further damage or casualties.

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Copyright (c) 2008 Agence France-Presse
Received by NewsEdge Insight: 05/17/2008 14:02:32

So far so good. keep praying

It has since been re-evaluated at 5.7. Still a decent quake. Tough times in the region..

i noticed a thread predicting an even bigger earthquake for china in june and that was a week before all these started. i sure hope that these aren't a precursor for a monster quake. these are either [huge] after shocks or they are all pre quakes.
i've heard that as quakes hit the world somewhere else on the globe volcano's activate. something like a magma tidal wave blowing out a volcano. keep an eye out for volcano news.

I feel for the Chinese people. My god.


I hope their government helps organize rescue efforts to make them efficient and helpful.


Otherwise, I hope they get out of the way so that the people can.



The sequence of events transpiring lately gives me the feeling that something smells very fishy...