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 on 14:28,12th May,Earthquake reported in Wenchuan county.but the first news about the earthquake come from the twitter.
first from twitter. the social media is the only instant news now,aparently. many tweeet about the earthdayquake. you can see the twitter summize here about the instant twieet.
then,the news reported one by one,all after twitter.

from xinhua
新华网北京５月１２日电据中国国家地震台网测定，北京时间２００８年５月１２日１４时２８分，在四川汶川县（北纬３１．０度，东经１０３．４度）发生７．６级地震。

News from http://www.bloomberg.com/
china Is Hit by 7.5 Magnitude Earthquake Near Chengdu (Update2)
By Aaron Sheldrick and Eugene Tang
May 12 (Bloomberg) — China was hit by a magnitude 7.5 earthquake near the central city of Chengdu, the U.S. Geological Survey said, causing buildings to shake in Beijing more than 1,500 kilometers (930 miles) away.
The quake struck 90 kilometers west-northwest of Chengdu at 2:28 p.m. local time at a depth of 10 kilometers, the USGS said on its Web site. Chengdu is the provincial capital of Sichuan and has a population of about 11 million people.
Phone calls from Beijing couldn’t be connected to Chengdu and mobile phone networks were down in Beijing and Shanghai.
The quake shook buildings in Beijing for more than three minutes and traffic stopped. Office workers were seen scrambling to get out of China World Tower, Beijing’s tallest building. There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage.
The earthquake struck about 350 kilometers west-northwest of Chongqing, a city of about 30 million in central China.
It was the world’s strongest quake since a 7.8 magnitude temblor struck south of Fiji in the Pacific Ocean in December last year, according to the USGS Web site.
To contact the reporters on this story: Aaron Sheldrick in Tokyo at asheldrick@bloomberg.net; Eugene Tang in Beijing on eugenetang@bloomberg.net.
Last Updated: May 12, 2008 03:44 EDT

图为震中所在地。

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　　2008年5月12日下午14点38分左右，河北石家庄市区震感强烈，正在办公的人们纷纷从办公大楼撤离。图片来源：CFP

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