- We are sad to report that the death toll increased further to 80 people

- The new number of fatalities makes today’s earthquake the second deadliest in 2012. Coincidence or not, both these earthquakes were double earthquakes.

Update 16:34 UTC
- More than 1000 military personnel from the Chengdu Military region have been sent to the earthquake area
- Especially the farming community is extremely hard hit by the earthquake
- The Red Cross has started a donation campaign to support the relief efforts
- The city of Chongqing (+30 million inhabitants) has offered to help. Chongqing is approx. 300 km from the epicenter.
- most of the damage has been caused by landslides and not by direct shaking (limited magnitude)
- As the night has fallen in the disaster area, we do not expect to receive as many details as during daylight. The death toll still stands at 64 and we truly hope that it will stop here
- Below one of the latest TV coverages with new footage of the earthquake

[link to earthquake-report.com]