6.9 earthquake strikes China

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A rapid series of strong earthquakes hit China's Qinghai province early Wednesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

China's state-run Xinhua News Agency said at least one person was killed and many others were buried under the debris after a 6.9-magnitude earthquake struck at 7:49 a.m. local time (7:49 p.m. ET Tuesday).

The epicenter was about 150 miles (240 kilometers) northwest of Qamdo, Tibet, in a remote area that is sparsely populated. Qinghai borders the autonomous regions of Tibet and Xingjiang and the provinces of Gansu and Sichuan.

USGS also recorded two strong aftershocks -- of magnitudes 5.2 and 5.3 -- within half an hour of the quake.

Citing the China Earthquake Networks Center, Xinhua said the quake hit the county of Yushu, a Tibetan region of Qinghai.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/04/13/china.quake/index.html?hpt=T1

[MiniMe]

1. They had another 5.8 aftershock too

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/quakes_big.php

[spanone]

2. the world's rockin' & rollin'

[bigwillq]

3. 67 killed

according to my local news. In CT, WTNH-8.

[nadinbrzezinski]

4. Ah death and destruction... so perhaps CNN WILL cover this one

I mean Imperial Valley and Mexicali, four total death, PHEHH!

And sadly I am not joking...

[Warpy]

5. This is a desert area, very low population density

but the houses were all mud brick, so anyone indoors is likely dead.

It was a very shallow quake. I'm sure it rattled people far to the east in Chengdu and made them remember their own big one.