Timeline

12/05/08

 

-      Earthquake measuring 7.8 Richter scale hit Sichuan Province in China at 2.35pm

-      Strong quake also felt in Beijing, Shanghai, Thailand, and nearby province

-      Millions of homes and buildings collapsed in the powerful first quake and buried tremendous number of people in live

-      Death toll nears 10,000 and kept rising.

13/05/08

-      Hundreds of aftershocks continued at every moment in Sichuan Province

-      Bad weather hampers China quake relief

-      China earthquake disrupts main road and railway transportation

-      Japan readies aid for Chinese quake victims, but refused by China

-      Death toll rises to 12,000

-      Chinese Prime Minister Wen says situation in quake-hit China 'worse' than estimated

14/05/08

-      Rescue workers reach heart of earthquake's devastation

-      Quake survivors found untitled.bmp

-      Scientists: Asian Plate Caused Quakeuntitled.bmp

-      Death toll rises to nearly 15,000 while more than 25,000 still buried

15/05/08

-      China allows Japanese rescue team to help in quake-hit area

-      Girl saved after 50 hours in quake rubbleuntitled.bmp

-      64,040 quake victims hospitalized in Sichuan

-      Death toll exceeds 19,500

-      Earthquake dams pose floods risk

-      Pandas Sensed Quake Coming?untitled.bmp

16/05/08

-      100 hours after quake, survivor plucked from rubble

-      Death toll exceeds 22,00, 14,000 more buried

-      Chinese army to send more relief materials, medical teams to quake-hit area

17/05/08

-      Thousands evacuating as lakes threaten to burst after earthquake

-      Two people rescued in Sichuan over 120 hours after quake

-      Disease fears for five million homeless after quake

18/05/08

-      Death toll rises to 32,500

-      Man saved after 148 hrs under quake debris

-      Three days' mourning to honor 32,500 quake dead

-      World health agency warns of high disease risk in China's earthquake region

-      Three pandas missing from reserve after China quake

19/05/08

-      Two quake survivors rescued after a week

-      200 China relief workers buried by mud

-      Fear of disease, infection grows in quake zone

-      Death toll rises to 34,000

20/05/08

-      Death toll rises to 40,000

-      Five millions homeless

21/05/08

-      Retiree rescued 196 hours after quake

-      Panda Finds Way Home to Reserve After China Quake

22/05/08

-      Death toll rises to over 51,000

23/05/08

-      Death toll rises to over 55,000

24/05/08

-      Death toll rises to over 60,000

25/05/08

-      A 80 years old man rescued after 11 days in quake rubble

-      Death toll from quake rises to 62,664

26/05/08

-      Death toll rises to 65,000

-      China makes One-child Policy exception for earthquake affected families

27/05/08

-       Death toll rises to 67,000

-       Quake-formed lake to be drained untitled.bmp

-       China to evacuate 80,000 more due to flood risk

-       Quake aftershocks destroy 420,000 homes

29/05/08

-        China quake death toll rises to 68,516

-        40 survivors rescued 16 days after China quake

30/05/08

-        Death toll rises to 68,858

31/05/08

-        Death toll rises to 68,977

01/06/08

-        Death toll rises to 69,000

02/06/08

-        Death toll rises to 69,019*

 

*Data as of June 2, 2008.

 


Source: Quake News (2008)