Tragedy in China (67 photos) Bashny.Net

An earthquake of magnitude 7, 6 - 7, 9, rocked southwest China Monday afternoon, killed, according to recent data, the lives of over 28,000 people, more than 19,000 injured, and thousands are still under the rubble. There is reason to believe that the death toll from the disaster to exceed 50,000. The strongest earthquake hit Sichuan Province - the epicenter of the earthquake was in Wenchuan County of the province, where 80% of the buildings were destroyed by the disaster in an instant. From the underground of aftershocks also hit Guangxi, Shaanxi, Chongqing municipalities.

In the area of ​​disaster rescue operations are more than 130 thousand soldiers. On Friday, arrived on the scene a group of Russian rescuers. In the operation also involved rescuers from South Korea, Japan and Singapore.