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Help the victims of the Sumatra, Indonesia, earthquake


On September 30, 2009, a major earthquake with a moment magnitude of 7.6 hit the west-northwest of Padang, Sumatra, 220 kilometres (140 mi) southwest of Pekanbaru.

The death-toll estimates range from a few hundred to over 1300, with thousands more trapped in collapsed buildings and under landslides. Government reports confirmed 715 deaths in West Sumatra province.

Help the victims by donating money (even a penny would be great) or publishing your sympathy at your blog, favorite social media site etc. or just talk about it to make people aware of this tragedy.

Chinese gov’t receives 60 bln yuan donations for earthquake relief

Goods and cash with a total value of 59.5 billion yuan (8.75 billion U.S. dollars) have been donated to help the survivors of the May 12 earthquake in southwest China’s Sichuan Province, according to China’s Ministry of Civil Affairs.

The donations included 8.52 billion yuan (1.25 billion dollars) worth of goods. The disaster area had received [...]

November 14th, 2008 | Tags: , , , | Category: People´s Daily | Leave a comment

Moderate aftershock hits Qinghai

DA QAIDAM, Qinghai — An aftershock measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale jolted a prefecture in northwest China’s Qinghai Province at 5:56 am (Beijing time) on Wednesday, according to the national seismic network.

The epicenter was monitored in the Mongolian-Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Haixi, at 37.6 degrees north latitude and 95.9 degrees east longitude, about [...]

November 12th, 2008 | Tags: , , | Category: Nature | Leave a comment