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        May 13, 2008

(CNN Student News) -- May 13, 2008 Quick Guide Powerful Quake in China - Hear survivors describe a 7.9-magnitude earthquake in China. MONICA LLOYD, CNN STUDENT NEWS ANCHOR: Hi there. I'm Monica Lloyd, and you've found your way to the start of a new day of CNN Student News. Thanks for spending part of your Tuesday with us. First Up: Powerful Quake in China LLOYD: First up, Chinese President Hu Jintao has ordered an all-out effort to help the victims of a massive earthquake. Government officials say around 10,000 people were killed by the 7.9-magnitude quake. It struck Monday afternoon, local time, in the Sichuan province. Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao traveled to the region to direct the rescue work, but the destruction is so extensive that rescuers are running into difficulty trying to get supplies to some of the worst-affected areas. Roads are damaged, buildings are destroyed, and according to local reports, at least six schools collapsed to some extent, trapping almost 900 students, mostly 8th and 9th graders, in the rubble. Now, China is just a little smaller than the U.S., and as we said, the source of this earthquake was in the Sichuan province. But just to get an idea of how powerful this was, tremors shook the ground 950 miles away in Beijing. It was even felt as far away as Vietnam and Thailand! John Vause was in Beijing when the quake hit. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) JOHN VAUSE, CNN REPORTER: This was the moment when China shook. "Our building is still moving. This is real, absolutely real," says this man in the city of Chengdu, about 60 miles from the epicenter. Outside, streets were crowded with the dazed and frightened. "I was so scared," says this woman. "The room I was staying in was shaking like this." VAUSE: Hospitals were evacuated. There was some damage and minor injuries in the area. PERSON ON THE STREET: I said to my mum, "Let's get out of here." I then put on a pair of slippers and ran from the hotel. VAUSE: The first major quake was felt mid-afternoon, and according to the U.S. Geological Survey, was followed by other powerful tremors. "The magnitude was big, and the area impacted was vast as well," says this government official. The tremors were felt across more than a dozen provinces, most of the country and beyond; all the way to Shanghai in the south, to Beijing in the north. In fact, here in Beijing about 900 miles from the epicenter, we felt the tremor. But at the time, it wasn't clear what was happening. The building began to sway, so I came out here to this balcony. And for about two minutes, there was no noise, just a rolling motion. Elsewhere in the capital, thousands fled buildings; others were ordered to leave. PERSON ON THE STREET: The building started shaking quite a lot, so we just left. But there was no damage that we could see. VAUSE: But across the country, state media report the number of dead and injured is starting to rise. Thousands of troops have been ordered in to help survivors, as China confronts the full extent of this natural disaster. John Vause, CNN, Beijing. (END VIDEO CLIP) Promo LLOYD: As new information comes in on the damage caused by this deadly natural disaster, you can go to our Web site, CNNStudentNews.com, to get the latest updates.

    
　

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