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Quake rupture length reaches 35 km

(Xinhua)

13:14, April 24, 2013

BEIJING, April 24 (Xinhua) -- China's earthquake authority has announced that the rupture length of Saturday's 7.0-magnitude quake in Sichuan Province has reached 35 kilometers.

An initial analysis revealed that the rupture length of the faulted area in the quake that hit southwest China's Sichuan Province was about 35 to 40 km, according to a statement issued by the China Earthquake Administration late Tuesday.

The duration of the rupture lasted about 30 seconds and the largest displacement along the fault has reached 1.6 meters, the statement said.

The statement said aftershocks have been monitored mainly in the Shuangshi-Dachuan fault zone, at depths ranging from 15 to 25 km beneath the earth's surface.

The 7.0-magnitude quake that rocked Ya'an City, Sichuan Province, on Saturday morning has left at least 193 people dead and more than 12,200 others injured.


Touching moments:

Daily life of quake victims in Sichuan

High school students prepare for exam in tent

Rescuers struggling to reach every household

Soldiers bring hope to earthquake-hit region

First night after deadly earthquake

Rescuers work hard at quake-hit area in Sichuan


>>>Quake-hit China grows in pain

The principle of sparing no efforts to save lives cannot be more stressed. No minute or even second should be delayed during the "golden rescue period" in the first 72 hours after the quake.

>>>Pilot cancels wedding to participate in quake relief

When the 7.0-magnitude quake happened, Zhang Shangnian, a pilot from an aviation brigade of Chengdu Military Region, was about to hold his wedding.

>>>Nurse returns to work after losing mother

Just likes other medical staff, she was busy with rescuing people injured in the earthquake in SW China, but no one knew her mother just died in the quake.

>>>Wedding ceremony without bridegroom held on schedule

Zhuo Jia, the bridegroom, is a solider of the Chengdu Military Region; he had to leave his beautiful bride behind to participate in earthquake relief.

>>>An injured girl's smile moves many

"Your smile makes the entire world beautiful,” a photo of a smiling girl with bandage on her head has moved so many Chinese netizens.

>>>Teenager saves mom with his bare hands

The mother moves away a precast slab weighing over 50 kilograms alone to save her son in the earthquake. She said she did not know where her strength came from.

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