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| Earthquake In China                                                |
|   from the twist-and-shout dept.                                   |
|   posted by kdawson on Tuesday May 13, @01:14 (Earth)              |
|   http://news.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/05/13/0245240 |
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Several readers sent in links on the earthquake that hit 10 hours ago
near the Sichuan city of Chengdu in China. The Telegraph focuses on the
citizen journalism that [0]got word on the quake out on the Net instantly
(the first report was via Twitter). Science magazine speculates that
deaths from this event could [1]exceed the 240,000 killed in the Tangshan
quake in 1976, though the estimated death toll is below 10,000 at this
writing. [2]Hundreds of videos are up on YouTube, including [3]this
footage from a security camera — keep your eye on the goldfish.

Discuss this story at:
http://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/05/13/0245240

Links:
0. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/1950212/China-earthquake-brings-out-citizen-journalists.html
1. http://sciencenow.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2008/512/1
2. http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=china+earthquake&search_type=
3. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__hYw9p8Ouk