Yes, We Felt It!

China was rocked by a 7.8 magnitude earthquake today outside the city called SiChuan which is hundreds of miles from Ningbo and the shockwave made it all the way to the coast. It was also felt as far as Hanoi (Vietnam for you Geography majors) and Bangkok.

Here is a link http://news.sina.com.cn/z/08earthquake/index.shtml

Its all in Chinese but there are pictures and a map. The taller buildings
here in Ningbo were shaken and as a result evacuated for safety. My roomate was in one of them and called me immediately. I was already wondering what
was going on a few blocks away as everyone was outside and pointing up
toward the buildings. I thought there was a jumper or something. I was
shocked when my roommate told me that they too were outside. What is
going one i wondered? I rushed over to the building as quickly as i could because she said it was sinking! And me without my camera! When i arrived i discovered that of course she had meant shaking and not sinking. I had misheard her.
I was riding my bike on the street at the time soi myself felt nothing. The pictures look quite tragic unfortunately and a lot of people were killed or injured, including a school full of 800children... i have heard it burned but i hope its not true.
UPDATE:
Thus far 8,733 dead and indeed a school full of 800 children did collapse. Just terrible!