RSOE EDIS - Situation Update No. 1 : China - Earthquake

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Situation Update No. 1 Posted:2010-01-31, 12:35:35 [UTC] Ref.no.: EQ-20100131-24750-CHN Situation Update No. 1 On 2010-01-31 at 12:48:37 [UTC] Event: Earthquake Location: China Province of Sichuan Anju area Number of Deads: 1 person(s) Number of Injured: 11 person(s) Situation: A moderate, magnitude 5.2 earthquake in Sichuan, south-west China, has brought down at least 100 homes, killing one person and injuring 11, officials say. US earthquake monitors report that the tremor struck at 0537 local time (2137 GMT Saturday) 35km (20m) south-east of Suining, at a depth of 18.6km (11.6m). Houses collapsed in the Moxi area of Suining, a city of 3.5 million people. Chinese state media said the authorities in Sichuan were "still not sure" if the latest quake was an aftershock from the earlier disaster. China's top auditing authority, the National Audit Office, reported this week that reconstruction after the 2008 quake was nearly complete. By the end of last October, 11 of 72 major reconstruction projects had been completed and 54 launched, it said. A total of 480 of the 753 schools to be reconstructed had been completed and 238 were under construction. Please DO NOT reply to this message: replies may be treated as errors and result in your subscription being deleted. If you have trouble or other queries, send email to havaria@rsoe.hu RSOE EDIS is operated by the National Association of Radio-Distress Signalling and Infocommunications (RSOE), Budapest, Hungary. Because of the complexity of this system and its dependence on other systems, we cannot be responsible for delays or failures in forwarding or transmission. You're receiving this AlertMail because you subscribed for the service. To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now. Contact: havaria@rsoe.hu