Quake toll in Sichuan rises to 8,533

The most devastating earthquake to hit China in more than three decades killed 8,533 people in the southwestern province of Sichuan alone on Monday.

Izvor: Reuters

Monday, 12.05.2008.

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The most devastating earthquake to hit China in more than three decades killed 8,533 people in the southwestern province of Sichuan alone on Monday. Reuters quoted the official Xinhua news agency said, which citing the local government. Quake toll in Sichuan rises to 8,533 Earlier the news agency said the earthquake measuring 7.5 struck the province, less than 100 km from the provincial capital of Chengdu, the U.S. Geological Survey says. The quake was felt across much of China and as far west as Bangkok, Thailand's capital, some 3,300 km away, where office buildings swayed for several minutes. "We felt continuous shaking for about two or three minutes. All the people in our office are rushing downstairs. We're still feeling slight tremblings," said an office worker in Chengdu. In Beijing's financial district, many workers poured from their buildings but there were no visible signs of damage. The subway system was unaffected. "People were shouting 'get out, get out', so we all ran out of our dorm," said a student surnamed Zhang at a university in nearby Chongqing. USGS said on its website (http://earthquake.usgs.gov) that the quake struck at 2:28 a.m. EDT at a depth of 29 kms. The agency originally put the strength of the quake at 7.8 Japan's meteorological agency said no warnings for a tsunami has been issued. Sources said there was no immediate impact to the Three Gorges Dam project, the weight of whose massive reservoir, hundreds of kms from Chengdu, experts have said could increase the risk of tremors. A spokesman for the China Earthquake Administration said it was still checking the epicenter and scale of the tremor.

Quake toll in Sichuan rises to 8,533

Earlier the news agency said the earthquake measuring 7.5 struck the province, less than 100 km from the provincial capital of Chengdu, the U.S. Geological Survey says.

The quake was felt across much of China and as far west as Bangkok, Thailand's capital, some 3,300 km away, where office buildings swayed for several minutes.

"We felt continuous shaking for about two or three minutes. All the people in our office are rushing downstairs. We're still feeling slight tremblings," said an office worker in Chengdu.

In Beijing's financial district, many workers poured from their buildings but there were no visible signs of damage. The subway system was unaffected.

"People were shouting 'get out, get out', so we all ran out of our dorm," said a student surnamed Zhang at a university in nearby Chongqing.

USGS said on its website (http://earthquake.usgs.gov) that the quake struck at 2:28 a.m. EDT at a depth of 29 kms. The agency originally put the strength of the quake at 7.8

Japan's meteorological agency said no warnings for a tsunami has been issued.

Sources said there was no immediate impact to the Three Gorges Dam project, the weight of whose massive reservoir, hundreds of kms from Chengdu, experts have said could increase the risk of tremors.

A spokesman for the China Earthquake Administration said it was still checking the epicenter and scale of the tremor.

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