Wednesday, April 14, 2010

China Earthquake Today 2010


The china earthquake today was a major natural disaste. At 7:49 a.m. local time in China, earthquake today killed more than 400 people and injured more than 10,000 people. The Qinghai Earthquake started with a 6.9 shake, and was followed by aftershocks that clocked in at 5.3 and 5.8. The China earthquake today hit a Tibetan area in the south of Qinghai province. After last year’s 7.9 earthquake disaster, the China earthquake today further hinders the debt repair of these poverty-stricken regions in China. The epicenter was located in remote and rugged terrain, about 150 miles northwest of Qamdo, Tibet. Qinghai borders the autonomous regions of Tibet and Xingjiang and the provinces of Gansu and Sichuan.
According to a statement from the executive body of the EU, Barroso said he was deeply shocked and saddened by the natural disaster, while extended sympathy to the Chinese authorities of the commission and the European bloc.
Similarly, the president of the European Parliament, Jerzy Buzek, moved his condolences and that of the EP to the families of the victims of theearthquake in China.

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