7.8 Earthquake in China
First of all, a 7.8 earthquake is extremely large. I think the largest recorded earthquake is somewhere around 8.0. This quake didn’t last for a couple seconds like many that almost everyone has experienced. It shook with quite a large intensity, and didn’t let up for a while. Huge buildings and small buildings alike were completely demolished by the forces of nature, and there was many casualties.
During the Earthquake, a school collapsed and around 900 students were trapped inside. Chinese soldiers tried to find survivors, but there was hardly any. Actually, there has only been one survivor found, out of hundreds of students. Needless to say, there was a lot of grief among the parents as they stood watching the soldiers find dead bodies, and the time drew on.
I found a video on youtube that helps to show how intense the earthquake really was. Hard to believe the Cloverfield film quality was worse than this even when their was no earthquake right?
