A massive earthquake struck central China on Monday, killing more than 8,500 people, trapping nearly 900 students under the rubble of their school and spilling ammonia from a chemical plant, . The 7.8-magnitude earthquake was among the worst to strike China in decades, devastating a hilly region of small cities and towns in Sichuan and nearby provinces. The official Xinhua News Agency said 8,533 people died in Sichuan and dozens of other deaths were reported elsewhere.The earthquake sent thousands of people rushing out of buildings and into the streets hundreds of miles away in Beijing and Shanghai. The temblor was felt as far away as Pakistan, Vietnam and Thailand

Ya, the world is changing, more and more we will see these kind of natural disaster hitting places that are not normally hit.

It's also reported that 900 school children are missing

I actually visited those places last October. have a goosebumps right now!

g0mer earthquakes aren't caused by global warming as far as I know....

China is NOT having a good year!. Or could it be karma?

the earth is getting close to an end....

There does seem to be more and more dangerous events inflicted by Mother Nature . . . Could it be "She's" fighting back??

latest estimate is 10,000 people died from this earthquake...very sad iindeed.

I live about 1500 kms from epicenter and i could feel it. Not badly, but could feel something has happen.

All Seasons Place as I work, I felt the earthquake yesterday as I work on very high floor and many hundreds people go down and let see what happend. I saw on news that Empire and U-chu Leang on Sathorn, people felt the earthquake also and moved out from office.