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| -Signs, Portents, and the Weather- |
| Severe Earthquake Hits Tibet |
| 2005-04-08 |
| AN earthquake measuring 6.5 on the Richter scale has struck a mountainous region in Tibet. The earthquake struck at 4:04 am (06:04 AEST) 400km west of the holy Tibetan Buddhist city of Shigatse, the Tibet Seismological Bureau reported. "The nearest residential areas from the epicenter are two villages about 70km away," a bureau official said. "We're still not sure about any damage caused by the quake." The Hong Kong Observatory reported earlier the earthquake had struck at 4:11 am. Xinhua news agency later said the epicentre was near Payang township, along the Tibet-Xinjiang highway. "There are evident cracks on some buildings but no casualty or accurate damages have been reported yet owing to the country's vast area and scattered population," the report quoted an official as saying. Strong earthquakes are relatively frequent in Tibet. Last July, a part of Tibet near the border with Nepal was rattled by a powerful tremor measuring 6.7 on the Richter scale. |
| Posted by:God Save The World |
| #3 good, PD. 6.5 in Tibet will only be mitigated by lack of multi-story |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-04-08 9:18:01 PM |
| #2 It's always relative to the building standards norm of the affected area. 6.5 in Iran, China, pre-industrial 3rd World, et al = gazillions dead, injured, and homeless. 6.5 in Mexico City = Jello basin / magnified & massive wobbles lasting much longer than the quake = major damage according to bldg resonance. 6.5 in So Cal = mixed damage - old pre-code bldgs whacked pretty hard; new in-code bldgs minimal effect. 6.5 in Tibet? We shall see. |
| Posted by: .com 2005-04-08 9:07:47 PM |
| #1 AN earthquake measuring 6.5 6.5= weak little sister. |
| Posted by: Rocky 2005-04-08 8:59:44 PM |