On 7th of Oct., during 9 ~ 11pm, there occured a 6.6 magnitude earthquake in the city of Puerh, Jinggu area..at least one person died and and almost a million was affected by the disaster, so many buildings and streets are destroyed!
I hope things go fine and everyone gets okay!
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2014-10-07/234030954529.shtml
http://slide.news.sina.com.cn/c/slide_1 ... 1.html#p=1 (slide)
http://news.yahoo.com/strong-earthquake ... sA.mhXNyoA
Re: Earthquake in Jinggu
I'm seeing conflicting reports on the magnitude--6.0 vs 6.6. I hope it was 6.0, because at 6.6 a lot of buildings are likely to have fallen, but at 6.0 maybe only a few. Fingers crossed for luck for the people of Yunnan.
Re: Earthquake in Jinggu
How terrible! And I had been focused on volcanos, pandemics, and typhoons! Stuff is going DOWN in october!