The Watchers By Adonai – Posted on March 3, 2013
– Posted on March 3, 2013
Destructive and shallow earthquake with recorded magnitude of 5.5 (USGS) struck Yunnan, China on March 3, 2013 at 5:41 UTC. By preliminary report USGS measured depth of 32.8 km. EMSC reported 5.4 magnitude earthquake and depth of 60 km. The CENC has stated that today’s earthquake had a magnitude of 5.5 and was 9 km in depth. The Yunnan Province Seismological Bureau has started grade IV emergency response which means they are expecting major damage.
Epicenter location was 30 km (18 miles) E of Shimen, China and 51 km (31 miles) WNW of Dali, China, at coordinates 25.919°N, 99.725°E.
ER reports that so far there have been at least 20 injured, 700 rooms have collapsed and 1800 rooms were damaged. More damage is expected to be counted given the dense population of the area.
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