Beijing: Over 200 people were killed and 11,500 others injured in the devastating 7-magnitude earthquake in southwest China, which continued to be rocked by hundreds of aftershocks on Sunday, while relief teams made frantic efforts to save hundreds trapped under tonnes of rubble. After suffering the shallow quake on Friday, the Lushan county battered by over 1,300 tremors.
The severest aftershocks measured as high as 5.4 magnitude, jolting the area badly from the depth of 17 kms. Death toll continued to mount throughout the day as relief teams spread to remote areas and sifted though the rubble to rescue people trapped under the debris. State media say 207 people are dead or missing after the quake, and 11,500 are injured, 960 of them seriously. The quake in Sichuan province, second in five years, sparked off a debate whether there should be high density human settlements in the areas as it is very prone to recurring quakes.
Sichuan is located on the foothills of Tibetan plateau and known to be prone to heavy earthquakes as it sits right over the place where the tectonic Euroasian and Indian plates meet, often colliding with huge force. Over 90,000 people were killed in 2008 quake in the province which virtually ravaged the area. Its neighbouring province, Qinghai witnessed yet another heavy quake in 2010, causing several deaths and massive destruction.
Politically Saturday's earthquake also turned out to be a major test for China's new leadership headed by President Xi Jinping,
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Tokyo: Workers entered one of the damaged reactor buildings at Japan's stricken nuclear power plant on Thursday for the first time since it was rocked by an explosion in the days after a devastating earthquake, the plant's operator said. Tokyo Electric Power Co said workers connected ventilation and air filtration equipment in Unit 1 in an attempt to reduce radiation levels in the air inside the building. The utility must...
08:18 PM, May 05, 2011
Chicago: Health officials should collect blood from workers at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in case they are accidentally exposed to high levels of radiation and need a stem cell transplant, Japanese researchers said on Thursday. They said gathering blood from the workers would give them a ready source of their own stem cells that could help rebuild their bone marrow should they become exposed to high levels...
07:42 AM, Apr 15, 2011
Tokyo: Japan has been shaken by a strong earthquake off its eastern coast, closer to Tokyo than the massive quake that hit on Friday. The latest temblor swayed buildings in the capital. The US Geological Survey says the temblor had a magnitude of 6.2 and struck at 10:26 am (local time) on Sunday. It was centered about 179 kilometres east of Tokyo, at a depth of 24.5 kilometres. Japan's northeastern...
08:08 AM, Mar 13, 2011
Christchurch: Grieving New Zealanders prayed in the earthquake-ravaged city of Christchurch on Sunday as rescuers pulled apart leveled buildings in their desperate search for survivors six days after the devastating tremor that killed 147 people. Rescue teams from New Zealand and seven countries, including the United States, China, Japan, and Australia, scoured ruined buildings in the central city and suburban areas hardest hit by Tuesday's 6.3 tremor -- but found...
02:48 PM, Feb 27, 2011
Melbourne: Rescuers in New Zealand's quake-devastated Christchurch city recovered more bodies from the debris of flattened buildings on Saturday, taking the toll to 145 which includes victims of 20 nationalities. There have been no live rescues since Wednesday and given that the number of missing is above 200, the number of dead is certain to rise. The 6.8 magnitude quake that hit Christchurch on Tuesday devastated the city and brought...
08:40 PM, Feb 26, 2011
Christchurch: Violent aftershocks hampered desperate efforts to find survivors in the quake-ruined New Zealand city of Christchurch on Saturday as the death toll climbed to 144 and was set to rise further. Rescue teams from New Zealand and six countries including the United States, China, Japan and Australia scoured the rubble of levelled buildings in the central city and suburban areas hardest hit by Tuesday's 6.3 tremor -- but found...
11:40 AM, Feb 26, 2011
Christchurch: New Zealand's leader says at least 65 people have been killed in the earthquake that hit the city of Christchurch. Prime Minister John Key told reporters in the stricken city that the death toll was expected to rise further. A 6.3 magnitude earthquake hit Christchurch around lunchtime on Tuesday, collapsing buildings and sending bricks and other heavy debris toppling into busy city streets. ...
07:56 AM, Feb 22, 2011
Christchurch: A strong earthquake of 7.4 magnitude hit New Zealand, 4 miles southeast of Christchurch, the biggest city on the nation's South Island, in the middle of the night local time, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said on Friday. There are no reports of casualties so far. Some residents posted Twitter alerts about power outages, damage and huge aftershocks. The USGS earlier said the quake measured 7.3 magnitude. There were,...
11:04 PM, Sep 03, 2010
CNN-IBN's cricket experts review Pune Warriors India's 20-run win over Delhi Daredevils in IPL 5 on Saturday. ...
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