Update 13:05 UTC
- The death toll has, as could be expected, further increased to 63
- 715 people are injured in various degrees
- China Prime Minister Hu Jintao gave personally high priority instructions to do whatever necessary to help the people in the disaster area
- 15 county towns have been damaged in various degrees
- It is currently dark in China and the power has not been restored in all affected areas yet
- 3961 rooms are destroyed
- 13876 rooms damaged
- 3455 livestock pens destroyed
- 11633 livestock pens damaged
Update 07:48 UTC
The Yunnan Provincial Civil Affairs department has just released an update :
- 24 dead, 150 injured.
- 100000 people evacuated/relocated
- 20000+ households with damage
- ER expects that the Economic loss estimate is coming out to $220-390 million based on the current parameters. (still waiting on a damage-based estimate).
Update 07:48 UTC
- Apart from the mainshocks, a lot of aftershocks are hitting the area
- The current rainy weather is making the soil very unstable, thus triggering a lot of minor and major landslides
- The Chinese CEA authority has sent a 10-man supervisory team to the area. These National teams are only flying in major disaster cases.
Update 07:40 UTC
- Reports are also talking about severely injured people which means that the death toll will probably climb further
- The news of serious landslides also means that remotely located villages may have been hit by landslides too. Priority is mostly given to the bigger cities.
- Greatly seen in the world as small tremors proof once more to become a deadly cocktail in China. Earthquakes cannot be pinned into a Magnitude / Dangerous relation. Much more has to be accounted for.
UPDATE:
The M5.7 earthquake had a 14km depth, and was 15km from Yiliang county and 30 kilometers from Zhaotong City. Damage is expected in both locations.
- The earthquake was felt as far as Chengdu, hundreds of km from the epicenter
UPDATE:
The M5.7 earthquake had a 14km depth, and was 15km from Yiliang county and 30 kilometers from Zhaotong City. Damage is expected in both locations.
- The earthquake was felt as far as Chengdu, hundreds of km from the epicenter
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Tri-City Herald
written by Christopher Bodeen
Friday September 7, 2012
BEIJING — A shallow earthquake hit southwestern China on Friday, killing at least 20 people and damaging more than 20,000 homes, government sources said.
An official from the Yunnan provincial government earthquake office said the death toll from the quake in Yunnan and Guizhou provinces had risen to 20 from an earlier toll of seven. The official, like many Chinese bureaucrats, would not give his name.
The official Xinhua News Agency said the quake destroyed or damaged 20,000 homes.
The U.S. Geological Survey said the magnitude 5.6 quake hit at a depth of 9.8 kilometers (6.1 miles). Shallower earthquakes often cause more damage than deeper ones.
Xinhua said the earthquake hit the border area of Yiliang county of Yunnan and Weining county of Guizhou.
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