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Thread: Earthquake hit SiChuan Province, China
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[quote=MARRIE,288066]Older Buildings ``The rescue efforts will be focused on the older parts of the city, where there are older buildings that aren't well reinforced,'' Deng said. The quake damaged more than 2,000 China Mobile Ltd. base stations, Vice President Sha Yuejia said in an interview broadcast on state-run China Central Television. The quake shook buildings in Beijing for more than three minutes and traffic stopped. Construction cranes stopped work, while hundreds of workers were seen scrambling to get out of buildings including the China World Tower, one of the tallest structures in the Chinese capital. There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage in the capital. Shaking was felt as far as Hong Kong and Bangkok in Thailand, 1,950 kilometers away. Quake Sparks Panic The quake sparked panic in cities and towns across Sichuan and other central provinces, Xinhua said. No damage was reported at the Three Gorges Dam, the world's largest hydroelectric dam, Xinhua said. Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao arrived in Chengdu about five hours after the earthquake struck, while President Hu Jintao issued an order for an immediate response from government agencies, according to Xinhua. Wen called the earthquake a ``disaster'' and called for calm and ordered immediate relief work, according to state media. Today's earthquake was the world's strongest tremor since a 7.9-magnitude temblor struck Indonesia in September, according to the USGS. Today's temblor was the biggest to hit China since a magnitude-8.6 quake struck Tibet in 1950, killing 1,526 people. China's deadliest disaster was a 7.5-magnitude quake that killed 250,000 people in northeastern China's Tangshan in 1976. [/quote]
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