7.5 quake in CHina-2 minutes in length.

[gini]

Aside from the massive earthquake of 7.9, what got to me is that they are having 5's every 15 minutes or so. After our 6.7 we had some 5's too........and they scare the devil out of you too, because you don't know if they are going to become stronger - or stop.

Mother Nature is still very much in charge...............when you have events that wipe out in an instant 10,000 or more people it is very sobering.

God Bless all of those souls......................

[RICHARD]

Aside from the massive earthquake of 7.9, what got to me is that they are having 5's every 15 minutes or so.

I didn't hear that!

The Beijing media machine still rolls on. They issued a press release that none of the event venues were damaged...

[gini]

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/...quakes_all.php

Check out this site - it gives all of the times and measurements.

[Lilith Cherry]

We felt it just a little here in Guangdong but fortunately for us we are too far away to have suffered any damage. It is devastating damage however and thousands of soldiers have been sent to help with relief efforts - parachuting in with supplies and medicines where roads are impassable. The worst thing is hearing about the schools where so many children were killed.

Although there is obviously propaganda here, people are truly trying their best to help the relief efforts and no-one is hindering them - unlike the poor souls in Burma (Myanmar) whose lives are being endangered further by their terrible military government.

Please pray or send good thoughts for everyone who needs help to get it in a timely fashion!

[momoffuzzyfaces]

They say the death toll is now over 12,000. So sad! At least their government is welcoming help from other countries.

[jewellnz]

This is so sad, so many died and so many schools were crushed, my girlfriend's son is living in a high rise in Taiwan and he said he felt it and the building was swaying, that is scarey.

With this and burma things are looking bad,so many tragic events happening in t he world and to those who have so little in the first place, my heart goes out to them.

[Jessika]

They say the death toll is now over 12,000. So sad! At least their government is welcoming help from other countries.

with 18,000 missing

This is so sad......

What is it with earthquakes lately?! We had ANOTHER one here last night, too!

[shais_mom]

my neighbor just got home visiting China and he missed the quake by about 8 hours...

[Karen]

I didn't hear that!

The Beijing media machine still rolls on. They issued a press release that none of the event venues were damaged...

Well, Beijing IS on the other end of the country ... Maybe they know that most people don't know how large, geographically, China is. If an earthquake hit New Orleans, I doubt New York officials would feel obliged to tell everyone Yankee Stadium was still okay ...