Seismologist: destructive aftershocks not likely to happen in Sichuan
16/5/2008 17:17
The trend of aftershocks became weakened and it was not likely any strong
destructive aftershocks could happen in the Sichuan Basin the next few days,
said Deng Changwen, deputy-director of the Sichuan Provincial Seismological
Bureau today.
However, he said, Sichuan might still have several 5 to
6-magnitude aftershocks. But they would not cause any damage to the urban area
of the provincial capital Chengdu.
As of 00:00 today, 4432 aftershocks had
been recorded with the highest level of 6.5-magnitude. It seemed that there was
a weakened trend of aftershocks, he said.
Xinhua
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