The regular news media as well as the geo-blogosphere are all abuzz about Monday's 7.9 magnitude earthquake in central China. Official death toll is at 12,000 right now and that's in Sichuan Province alone.  My guess is that number will swell substantially in the coming days. If you haven't seen photos and video yet, they are absolutely gut-wrenching. My heart and prayers go out to the victims of this disaster. (Photo by Liu Hai, AP)

Several geo-bloggers have posts about the earthquake. Harold Asmis of Ontario-GeoFish describes the earthquake as a "big valley-thrust earthquake" or what he calls the "Fist of God". Dave's Landslide Blog has started compiling reports of landslides related to the earthquake in this landslide prone region of China. And here is the USGS info on the earthquake.

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