Beijing April 14, 2010 07 hours 49 minutes Xu, Yushu County, Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Qinghai Province (latitude 33.1 north, longitude 96.7) 7.1-magnitude earthquake occurred, focal depth 33 km. According to the latest news, site have been casualties.
According to CCTV, the state’s news department Yushu, deputy director of Ga Song Nima said the quake’s impact should be significant, because most of them are civil engineering structures of local houses, so the earthquake came, almost all of the houses collapsed. According to his understanding, the earthquake has caused casualties among the specific data is also collected.
According to Ga Song Nima description of earthquake, a violent shock housing, instant collapse, the entire roof collapsed in a park Lifotata earthquake shook a lot. Local government departments are being called to take part in excavation and rescue work. Yushu county residents all took to street, standing before his house collapsed. Schools, housing has not fallen, the students are concentrated in the playground.
According to China’s seismic network news, in 7:49 of the 7.1-magnitude earthquake also occurred on several occasions four or more consecutive earthquakes.