An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.6 has rocked near the City of Ya'an, in Sichuan province, south-west China on April 20, 2013 at 00:02:47.27 UTC. The quake toppled buildings, triggered landslides and disrupted phone and power connections in mountainous Lushan county.
According to the latest update from
earthquake-report.com, the earthquake’s death toll has reached 157 and more than 6,000 people were injured.
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The quake -- measured by the China Earthquake Administration at magnitude-7.0 and by the U.S. Geological Survey at 6.6 -- struck the steep hills of Lushan county shortly after 8 a.m., when many people were at home, sleeping or having breakfast. People in their underwear and wrapped in blankets ran into the streets of Ya'an and even the provincial capital of Chengdu, 70 miles east of Lushan, according to photos, video and accounts posted online.
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Here are some of the experiences of the people from different parts of China:
- Chongqing - We were on the 17th floor and the we felt quick pulse of light shaking for about 15s
- ChengDU - in 15th floor is shaking hardly, first horizon then vertical.but then building is fine.
- Chengdu - Was on 20th floor. Lots of swaying
- Kunming China - Lights were swinging...
- xi'an - apartment building rocked twice. very slight
- Chengdu - Bed shaking,door shaking as though someone was banging it
- Chengdu - All the people in the buildings was running out, and some are almost naked.
- xi'an - live 29th floor lights shaking light dizziness
- Chengdu - Chengdu,China. 10th Floor of apartments about 8:15 am. More rolling than shaking but some light shaking at the height. No damage from my viewpoint
- Chengdu - just after 8am woken up by building shaking, lasted about 30 seconds, not strong shaking but some pictures fell over
- xi'an china - felt it at about a five, people on ground did not feel, but our apartment shook
- Chongqing - I was on the 19th floor in Jie Fang Bei Chongqing. The building swayed lightly. I am from California, but feels strange in such a high building.
- chengdu - on the 8th floor, shaking lasted about 30 seconds, and have just felt the 2nd aftershock
- Chengdu - Building shook
- Chengdu - I have felt my bed shaking when i was in my deep sleep. nothing fell down but everything was shaking around me.
- Chengdu - 2nd floor. Woke me up. Windows and furniture shaking.
- Chongqing, Beibei District - The bed is shaking and my roommate felt heart thumping voilently.
- Chongqing - Shake bed and doors
- chengdu - strong shaking for about 20 secs, then continued on for about 1min of moderate and light shaking
- chengdu - it shook...almost for a minute and reminded of the 5.12 earthquake in chengdu. scary
- xindu - light shaking of floor and walls at our bear rescue centre in Longqiao. All staff on site felt it.
- Xindu, Chengdu - Woken up by light shaking which went on for about 10-15 seconds. Nothing damaged.
- Xipu, chengdu - Not as bad as 5 years ago but a good shake none the less.
- chongqing - chongqing
- Chengdu - Daniel Rupp was naked.
- Chengdu airport - In the airport having breakfast. Spilled all my soybean milk. Flight should be delayed
- Chongqing - We felt it in Yubei Chongqing for about 20 seconds at 0800.
- Xindu - Whole building was shaking. Everyone evacuated. Lasted for only a couple of minutes. Small aftershocks felt in last hour
- Chengdu - Aufgewacht im 17ten Stock. Noch leicht betrunken vom Vorabend - aber sofort geschnallt: Erdbeben - nicht der Restalk :) Dauer ca 15 sek. Starkes Schütteln - leichtes schwanken des Hauses.
- Xian - 16th floor .woke up with bed shaking
- Chongqing - J'ai senti le lit trembler
- Chengdu, China - 4th floor shaking a little, very small aftermath shaking still now
- Xindu - Very frightening for a foreigner in China. Building shook and we had to run into the street.
- Chengdu Minshan Hotel - Shske waked me up and lasted about 30 seconds
- Chengdu - Very serious shaking. But much less serious than the one in 2008. Chengdu is a quite safe city.
- Luzhou - 17th floor in Luzhou Hotel. Sideways movements lasted 30 secs. Lights swinging. No movement felt on ground level.
- Xi'an - I felt my bed shake for 20+ seconds. My wife and kids did not feel it at all in the living room
- Luzhou - Luzhou, Sichuan, 30 secs sideways movement of building in 17th floor, no movements on ground level.
- Chengdu/Huaxiba - Experienced about 14 aftershocks from then. Seems to have calmed down by now (9:45am)
- Meishan - I was sleeping, I thought it was a nightmare, at the end I got out the bed and went outside, the people were outside already, the first earthquake in my life, scary!!
- Nanchong - I felt it , but it lasted 2 seconds for me as I woke up very late. My collegues says it lasted for 20 sec.
- Wenjiang (Chengdu) - J'etait eveille mais dans mon lit. Mon colocataire s'est reveille et nous avons courru sous la table du salon. Ca a dure une trentaine de secondes. Quelques repliques par la suite de faible intensite. Nous sommes descendus de l'immeuble et avons remarque que du platre etait tombe du plafond du couloir. Les locaux ne semblent pas inquiets.
- Chongqing - I am in chongqing this is my qq number 1918150308， It is usualy hard to find people to talk to here in China so it's good to hear or see foreigners speaking. I felt my bed moving and then heard people screaming a little outside
- Chengdu - on the 10th floor. The first big one at about 8:00 shook pretty strong, swinging cabinet doors open, swaying lights, lasted about 30 seconds. Have felt five or six small ones since then, minor swaying of lights. three hours later, still difficult to call people...
- Chongqing - I was in bed at the foreign experts building in my apartment on the mountainside when the very heavy swaying from side to side happened. I thought I was dreaming at first and then woke to see it was real. I am on the third floor which is actually the ground level as the building is set along the rocky platform of the mountain. It is the third time this year I have felt an earthquake. Two others in the Kingdom of Tonga were 5 and 5.2 and they were different with shaking and rumbling like a tr
- Hoima hospital cell in kahoora division - With eyes full of sleep i first hurried to take cover to see the person trying to break into my garage but when the windows,doors and roof started vibrating at the same time i realised it was an earthquake tremor and switched on my radio and started my computer to inform my friends
- Chengdu - Woke up at 8.05 am due to the shaking, people run out of the building, books moved from the shelve, tiles fall from the wall, slight aftershocks.
- Suining Sichuan - shaking in two wave, second wave was stronger,,,lasted about 30 seconds or less no damage to buildings
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