Earthquake strikes western China

The U.S. Geological Survey says a major earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.8 has struck western China.

[a Chinese]

many cities of China felt the quake, and some place of Xi'an, when the hoist broke apart aloft, a worker in there is severly injured, I don't know the real wounded or death number either, hope people in epicentre are fine.

[Three Gorges Dam]

Was there any damage to the area where the new Three Gorges Damn is under construction? This has been a controversial location because it lies in a major fault area.

[Vladimir]

Sounds like we reduced the "carbon footprint" by only about 18,000 feet today. We have a ways to go to be fully green clean. The "white man's burden" is a little lighter and gas prices should drop commensurately. All in all, a good day.

[joe]

cool

[General Tau]

This proves that God hates the Chinese

[Becky]

what is wrong with you people?????????

[joanna]

God have mercy on everyone who seeks him. Those who say "cool" are so unsympathetic, I doubt whether God had hear you say that kind of thing.

[joanna]

God have mercy on everyone who seeks him. Please mind your words.

[Daniel P from Long Island]

This is an unbelievably bad natural catastrophe and I pray many people have survived.

I think the U.S. and other countries should help the Chinese people in whatever way we can.

I think it is a good idea if a some sort of Rapid Reaction Disaster Recovery Force should be formed by countries willing to participate, so that a very fast response can be mounted to natural-disaster stricken areas. It should have personnel, food, water, medicine, shelter, transportation and a million other things necessary for disaster relief.

It would cost a lot of money. But what is a person's life worth ?

The world is too interconnected and interdependent now to not do this.

[Rhonda]

I have such sorrow for the Chinese people.It is horrible to lose your family and have no place to live.