Strong China quake aftershock sends workers fleeing
Pastor Dale Morgan
Strong China quake aftershock sends workers fleeing*
by Staff Writers
Beijing (AFP) May 13, 2008
A strong aftershock on Tuesday rocked the southwest Chinese province
struggling to recover from a devastating earthquake, sparking fear among
office workers who ran onto the street, state media said.
The tremor, measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale, shook Chengdu, the
capital of Sichuan province, at around 3:10 pm (0710 GMT), the Xinhua
news agency said. The US Geological Survey measured the aftershock at
magnitude 5.9.
Workers rushed from their buildings after the "strongest aftershock"
since a 7.9-magnitude quake hit Monday, leaving tens of thousands of
people dead or missing in and around Sichuan.
The region has been pummeled by wave after wave of terrifying
aftershocks up to magnitude six, hampering rescue efforts, the Sichuan
provincial seismological bureau said earlier.