Earthquake hits Sichuan province of China

12 May, 2008...1:13 pm

Earthquake hits Sichuan province of China

Continuing with geography in the news…..

There has been another natural disaster this time in the Sichuan province China where a magnitude 7.8 earthquake has killed over 8,000, 900 students are still buried and many more are injured. The quake was felt as far away as Bangkok in Thailand. It is the worst natural disaster to hit China in 30 years

12 Comments

iloverivers
14 May, 2008 at 8:32 pm

It’s really devastating the last death count was 15,000 but with more than 25,000 still trapped it could be many more! Sir will we only be sending aid to Burma or if other natural disasters occur to them as well…
geogrob
14 May, 2008 at 8:47 pm

Well really that depends on you guys. I’m happy to do as much as I can to help you guys get involved. As long as you keep coming up with the ideas then I dont see why we cant keep doing this.

We can discuss tomorrow whether we want to split the money between Burma and China.
geogrob
14 May, 2008 at 8:49 pm

I dont know if you know but Chongquing, just to the south east of the epicentre, is one of Leicester’s twin cities!
ilikemeandering
15 May, 2008 at 3:04 pm

Sir, with all the after shocks, and people hurt and dead it will get worse. But will we just give to Burma, or places like China or Japan because they also had an earthquake?
ilikemeandering
15 May, 2008 at 3:13 pm

Or even split it between them all?
geogrob
15 May, 2008 at 3:23 pm

It was just China that experienced the earthquake this time.

I meant to ask you guys what you thought about splitting any money we may raise between China and Burma but I forgot. Remind me next time we meet and we’ll discuss it.
geogrob
15 May, 2008 at 4:55 pm

The earthquake has caused cracks in some dams in the area affected by the quake.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7402489.stm
geogdude
15 May, 2008 at 6:23 pm

I heard about Leicester having close connections with the epicentre of the earthquake.
hippiehazy
16 May, 2008 at 7:55 pm

There’s also the place with the volcano we cant forget them!!
geogrob
17 May, 2008 at 2:06 pm

More about the effects of the earthquake:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7406109.stm
geogrob
17 May, 2008 at 4:13 pm

After 100 hudred hours of being trapped a person has been found in the destruction that the earthquake has left.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/alive-joy-at-miracle-rescue-of-liu-deyun-buried-for-four-days-in-rubble-of-his-factory-829919.html
geogrob
20 May, 2008 at 6:22 pm

People are still being rescued 8 days after the earthquake.

There is a good description of the after effects of the earthquake experienced by the Chinese people here too.

http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/05/20/asia/quake.php