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IfGoGo.com is now updating the latest information of this earthquake online. We are NOT official media and we are just a group of bloggers who want the world to know what's happening around us (personally). So if there is any misleading information, just tell us. Thanks for your attention and let's pray for those people in Sichuan, China!

There are three sections of this post, "Death Report", "updating news" and "Pictures and Videos". This post is just updated by hidecloud and me personally. More accurate details might be found at Wikipedia (Very nice overview).

Another update: We got some comments saying that there's a Brazilian Voluntary went to Wenchuan, but their families/friends had lost touch with them. If you have any information, please drop a comment in this post.

Death Report:

Update on Nov 21, 2008: Student deaths: 19065.

If you want more fresh details, go to the source(updating) in Chinese. (死亡=deaths, 被埋=be buried, 受伤=injured, 失踪=disappearance)

• All
  (Sep 22 18:18) Deaths: 69,227, injured: 374,643, Missing: 17,923
  (May 31 15:47) Deaths: 68,858, Injured: 366,586, Disappearance: 18,618 (Some of the "disappearance" on May 28 have been proved death)
  (May 28, 8:49) Deaths: 67,183, Injured: 361,822, Disappearance: 20,790 (Some of the "disappearance" on May 25 have been proved death)
  (May 25, 17:17) Deaths: 60,560, Injured: 352,290, Disappearance: 26,221
  (May 23, 13:45) Deaths: 55,769
  (May 22, 19:36) Deaths: 51,151; Injured: 288,431
  (May 22, 9:14) Deaths:41,353; Injured: 274,683
  (May 20, 18:35) Deaths: 40,075; Injured: 247,645
  (May 18, 18:14) Deaths: 32477; Injured: 220,109
  (May 17, 12:50) Deaths: 22,069; Injured: 168,669
  (May 16, 11:58) Deaths: 50,000+ (Estimated)
  (May 15, 11:21) Deaths: 14,866 (NO CHANGE from the source)
  (May 15, 01:36) Deaths: 14,866 (NO CHANGE from the source)
  (May 14, 22:16) Deaths: 14,866
  (May 13, 18:25) More than 12,000 Deaths
• Sichuan
  (May 28, 8:49) Deaths: 68,349, Injured: 352,801
  (May 28, 8:49) Deaths: 66,674, Injured: 350,133
  (May 25, 17:18) Deaths: 60,057, Injured: 340, 875, Disappearance: 24,949
  (May 23, 13:45) Deaths: 55,239, Injured:281,066
  (May 22 19:36) Deaths:50,651; Injured: 277,028
  (May 22, 9:14) Deaths:40,854; Injured: 263,395
  (May 20, 18:35) Deaths: 39,577; Injured: 236,359
  (May 19, 8:10) Deaths: 31,978; Injured: 209,905
  (May 17, 12:50) Deaths: 22,069
  (May 16, 11:58) Deaths: 19,509
  (May 15, 11:21) Deaths: 14,463; Buried:25788 (NO CHANGE from the source); people affected by the Earthquake: 1 billion!
  (May 15, 01:36) Death:14,463; Buried:25788 (NO CHANGE from the source)
  (May 14, 22:16) Death:14,463; Buried:25788
  (May 13, 18:25) Death:12,012; Disappearance:7841, Sent to hospital: 26206

Updating news:

• May 19th, 14:28 Chinese people stood in silent tribute for the quake victims.
• May 19th, 8:54 China announces 3-day mourning for victims in the earthquake. (Videos available below in this post)
• May 17th, 12:57 Sina had launched a special page for the earthquake in Sichuan, take a look here.
• May 17th, 00:56 Thanks to all the doctors, nurses, soldiers, journalists and all the rescue works. Some of them having been busy saving people non-stop for over 100 hours; some of the pilots flied 17+ hours a day...  Some of my friends are also going to Sichuan for help.
• May 15th, 11:36 A voice coming from TV said that a group of Japanese (earthquake) specialists are coming to help in Sichuan. Thanks to Japan!
• May 15th, 10:45 You may want to donate for these people. Here are some methods.
• May 15th, 1:45 A soldier sent a message as follows:我去灾区了，别为我担心，看到那么多人被灾情折磨着，作为军人我义不容辞，虽然我可以不去。我没有告诉家里任何人，只告诉你了，那里情况不容乐观，抢险救灾有着一定的危险，记住，如果我留在那里了，别哭，你失去的是一个亲人，那里很多人失去的不止一个亲人，那里建好了去那里看看，别问我留在什么地方。

  I'm on my road to Sichuan. Don't worry for me. As a soldier, it is my responsibility to go. I did not tell (other people of) my family (now I'm going). I just told you. It is not safe there and maybe I will never be back. But don't be too sad. If I'd stayed there, you are just losing someone, while thousands of people are losing a whole family!

• May 14th, 23:22 Someone reported that there might be another strong (7.1M?)earthquake in Bazhong, Sichuan (Maybe rumor). However, the afterquakes are coming for thousands of times. It is very terrible that even the people/soldiers who had been sent to rescue the buried are not safe too. The rescue work is really in very big trouble.
• 12,000+ Death in all(as reported), 26,206 injured. 9,404 are inside the ruins. 346 houses/buildings are broken. A bus "A50860" with 35 passengers were buried inside the stones, all the people on this bus died.
• Messages from a journalist flying to Wenchuan (the epicenter) - This is now wide-spreading as "The crying minister" on the Internet in China.梦10:07:29 现场简直不能看了
  Those places are too terrible, this is really a very very big disaster

  梦10:08:33 年过花甲的总理已经哭得不成样子了
  The aged prime minister (Wen) is crying very very sadly

  梦10:10:16 刚刚挖开的地方又塌方了
  Some places were dug through are collapsing again!

  梦10:11:24 这倒霉天气还在下雨，现在一线的军人已经被下达死命令，必须冒雨解救
  The damn whether is really too bad. The big rain seems to be last for hours. The soldiers are told to rescue every single life no matter how difficult it is.

  梦10:11:30 我就在现场
  I am in the place now.

  梦10:11:56 我现在是在都江堰市
  I am in Dujiangyan

  梦10:13:24 交通已经瘫痪了，人员和物资很难运进去
  The way is down, the aid and resources are hard to go inside.

  梦10:13:47 汶川现在还不让我们去
  Wenchuan is still out of contact.

  梦10:15:21 汶川的交通完全封闭了，现场到底怎么样我不知道，不过早上总理指示军队不管有多大代价，必须进城
  The way to Wenchuan is down. Nobody knows what is happening there. But the prime minister said no matter how hard to go, we must go!

  梦10:16:03 倒霉天气在下雨，飞机几次都不能降落，伞兵马上就要起飞了
  Dman it! It's still raining heavily. The helicopters are not able to land. The parachutes are ready.

  梦10:17:36 飞机在汶川空投物资了
  Okay, helicopters are going to airdrop the aids and resources.

  梦10:20:06 被压在废墟下的300多学生现在很危险啊，刚才一次的营救又失败了，现在总理在现场组织再次营救。
  300+ stuends inside the ruins are very dangerous. Another attempt to rescue failed. Now the prime minister commands to try again asap.

  梦10:20:47 啊 总理摔到了，
  Oh, the prime minister fell to the ground.

  梦10:21:35 照片我正在传给北京，不经过审核的是不允许发布的
  The photos are being sent to Beijing, but you cannot make them public.

  梦10:22:21 我和几个同行现在开了9台电脑，同时在传消息
  Now some other journalists are sending messages, we have 9 computers.

  梦10:22:37 这个QQ在关键时候传的真慢
  The QQ is slow!

  梦10:23:39 突击队又上了
  the commandos are trying again

  梦10:25:04 如果你现在看见老爷子的样子，你马上就会哭的
  If you see what happens to that old man (our prime minister) , you will cry at once!

  梦10:26:40 老爷子的手臂受伤出血了，他把要给他包扎的医务人员推开了
  The prime minister is bleeding on his arms. But he is pushing the doctors away.

  梦10:27:09 好消息，发现一名学生了
  Good news! Another student (alive) found!

  梦(360327959) 10:28:00 总理跑到塌方点了，在帮忙呢
  The prime minister is running to that collapsing position.

  梦10:28:13 向峨乡中学
  Xiang'e'Xiang mid-school

  梦10:28:33 拖出来了，医生在抢救
  (The student) is being pulling out. Doctors are ready!

  梦10:28:56 部队上来的人还不是很多
  There are not many(enough) soldiers

  梦10:29:07 交通太困难
  The traffic condition is very bad

  梦(360327959) 10:29:42 现在还不一定，这个看样子看活着，吊瓶氧气都挂上了
  Now we are not sure ... he(she) seems to be alive. We are providing him oxygen.

  梦(360327959) 10:31:06 啊，又塌了
  Oh damn! It's collapsing again!

  梦10:31:28 突击队一个人被埋进去了
  One of our commandos are buried inside!

  梦10:31:40 等等，我到前面看看
  Wait, let me take a look

  梦10:36:24 我回来了，抢救出来了
  I'm back, it's okay now (5 min later)

  梦10:37:16 最新消息，彭州被困的10万群众危险！！！
  Latest nows!!! The 100,000 people in Pengcheng is in very very big danger!

  梦10:38:49 由于大雨的影响，工程兵几次架桥失败，附近已经出现泥石流迹象，电话直接是叫通总理的，情况很危险！！！
  Due to the big rain, the engineer could not build a bridge after many attempts. The stones are droping from the hills like water! Very dangerous!!

  梦(360327959) 10:39:19 由于桥梁倒塌，彭州市10万群众被堵在山中，救灾人员和物资无法运入。已经出现泥石流迹象
  Due to the broken bridge, 100,000 people in Pengcheng are trapped inside. We cannot go inside!

  梦10:41:11 总理电话里大喊，我不管你们怎么样，我只要这10万群众脱险，这是命令。他把电话摔了
  The prime minister is crying: "No matter what you try, I just need the 100,000 people alive! That is a command!", then he throwed the phone

  梦10:41:33 头一次看见老爷子这么厉害
  Omg, that's the first I saw him so upset.

  梦10:41:54 汶川现在还没通知去，估计情况不是很好
  No news from Wenchuan. Maybe it is very bad.

  梦)10:42:16 我现在在通讯帐篷里
  I am now in a communication-tent.

  梦(360327959) 10:43:54 汶川最新消息，雨开始小了，空投物资已经扔下去了，空降兵已经在外围机场登机了
  Latest news from Wenchuan! Now the rain is lighter, airdrop done! The parachutes are ready!

  梦10:45:19 现在所有的国外记者都在关注号称中国最精锐的特种部队首次公开亮相
  All the foreigner journalists are watching the best Chinese soldiers for the first time.

  梦10:46:50 总理现在和登机部队领导说话
  The prime minister is now talking to the leaders of the army.

  梦10:47:41 总理说，我就一句话，是人民在养你们，你们自己看着办。
  He said, "It is the people who feed you, now you should know what to do"

  梦11:11:00 大家好，我现在是在军用直升机上，头一次坐这种飞机，很紧张。
  (Some minutes later) Now I am on a army helicopter, this is the first time, I am very nervous.

  梦11:12:51 我现在在直升机上，估计一个小时后就到什肪了
  I will be at "Shifang" one hour later

  梦11:34:40 最新消息，汶川的映秀、漩口、卧龙三镇通讯信号很弱，至今也无法联系。估计三镇有将近两万多人被困，余震不断，大雨连绵，情况非常严峻，由于能见度太差，无法判断准确情况。总参命令，当空降部队到达汶川上空时，如果条件不允许，就不惜代价强行伞降！
  Latest news: Yingxiu, Xuankou, Wolong of Wenchuang are encountering poor communication signals. Maybe there are 20,000 people trapped. The aftershocks are coming and the rain are getting heavier. It's very very dangerous and I can see nothing.

  梦11:36:38 没有，飞机要进入雷区了，我要关机了，等会再和你们聊。
  No, the helicopter is going inside a thunder-area. I have to turn off my (cellphone? PC?) Talk to you later

• This is from hidecloud's twitter (May 12, 2008)02:40 PM : Chongqing is having an earthquake!we're running out of the dormitory!I don't (know) how strong it is since I've never been in an earthquake.02:40 PM : North and south of China are shaking together!Are some of the centric cities having strong earthquake?

  02:48 PM : The first earthquake source is  92 km (57 miles) NW (307°) from Chengdu, Sichuan, China.My Chengdu pals,are you alright?

  03:00 PM : Our university calls us to move out.i'm leaving.You guys keep on twittering.

  03:33 PM : Most of us have moved out.But we don't have any new updates from executives.Some of us are panic.

  03:34 PM : We can only use our voice to communicate.All ways of communication are busy except GPRS

  03:36 PM : All activities are canceled.We may sleep in open-ground tonight.

  03:45 PM : @LEMONed I can only use GPRS and SMS now.We guys are calming down and waiting for new info.

  03:51 PM : I keep on calling my friends in Chengdu for half an hour.But it's still busy.He's not online.Anyone in Chengdu please give me a message that if you're OK

  03:58 PM : Someone who gets contact with Chengdu please give us a message.I still can't get them.

  04:20 PM : All buildings are clear.What will we do tonight?

  04:23 PM : Friend in Chengdu send me a message.He's fine.

  05:43 PM : @flypig i'm in Chongqing,370 km away from the source.

  08:25 PM : CQUPT's new photo: http://tinyurl.com/6rzht7

• For those who are curious about the feelings on a 15th floor building: However, it's not so horrible after running outside, but when I was inside on the 15th, I was feeling blank. Nothing in my brain. That keeps for about 10 seconds. Then I started to run. A friend of me from Chengdu, Sichuan(very near the epicenter) said this to me on IM:不可能吧？就算是也应该不会太……
  Impossible! If it were really an earthquake it would not be such a big one!
  不！……这地震！……怎么……我已经停止了思考，我被晃得贴在了墙边……
  No!! Omg, I stopped thinking anything, just being thrown to the wall-side 

  (走路都走不稳的程度。)
  (I cannot walk normally)
  走廊上，职员们互相对望着……
  People looking at each other in the aisle

  “躲厕所！！！！！厕所！！！！！”
  Toilet! Go to the toilet, hide there!!!!

  还没到冲过去，早已水管爆裂，水都蔓了出来，天花板也开始漏水(也不知道是不是消防措施，但不是那种散花式的)。
  厕所没法躲了……
  When we were trying to get the toilet, the pipes are all broken, the water shoot outside, the water is spamming out(I am not sure whether the water are from the pipes or somewhere else)

  “电梯呢！？电梯怎么样了？…………”
  “不能！”
  “而且肯定停了…………”
  Where is the elevator?
  No! We cannot.
  No, it must be out of control!

  那该怎么办！……这是 22楼！！！！！！…………
  But what should we do!!! This is 22nd floor!!!!!!

  “办公室？桌子？………”“我的钥匙！！……”“们没锁！！……”“保险柜！！！！…”
  所有人的眼里，印着恐慌……
  Office? Desk? My keys! My door is not locked, my safe!
  Everyone was shocked, everyone's eyes are filled with panic!

  难道就是今天？…………
  so .. maybe i will die today .....

  父母该有多么难过…………………………………………
  i am afraid that my parents would be very very sad ( for my death)

  不管那些了，走楼梯！走多少层算多少层！！！
  墙壁的涂料已经开始脱落，天花板摇摇欲坠……
  我一脚踏进了安全通道…………
  Okay, forget all those stuff. We go downstairs from the stairway. No matter how many floors we can get lower! Then I moved to the security exit.

  满地的高跟鞋……
  满地的文件资料……
  There were files and folders and (women's) high heels all over the floor, a whole messy.

  “下面的快点！！！！快点！！！！！！后面还有很多人！！！！！！！”(一共28层，我从22层出发……)
  Please go quicker, there are many many people higher ( I am at 22nd, and there is 28 in all )

  “抓稳护栏！！别急！！！！！！”
  我已经忘了还有没有震动，我只是不断得抬头看着楼层牌……
  But, so is it today ( that I am dying )

  “17楼！！！！”……
  “16楼！！！”……
  “15楼！！！”……
  17th
  16th
  15th

  大家喘息着，齐声念着…………
  “到7楼了，大家不要慌张，安全了 ，慢慢来……”
  “后面还有很多人！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！”
  All of us were out of breath. Okay, we got 7th. It's safer now!!!
  到了大厅，大家急奔了出去…………
  We get outside finally! All safe!

  顺城大街已经不是往日的车辆拥挤……
  都是人，紧挨着的几个大楼的人全都跑了下来…………
  阻塞了交通，边拨打这拨不通的电话，边说着说不尽的惊险与恐惧…………
  There were thousands of people outside, all from the buildings around. Everyone is shocked and they are making calls with cellphones. However, most of the cellphones were not working

  “快跑！！！！又开始了！！！！！！！”
  "Run!!!! It starts again!!!"
  那就犹如整个城市的人，都向市体育场奔去……
  场景壮观，只能亲身经历，无法言语形容……

  Then, tons of people are running towards a square. I would never forget that moment.

  ……我望着国际大厦外围瓷砖脱落的墙壁……
  ...I was looking at the broken walls
  ……叹息……
  ...sigh
  ……这是个难忘的，一辈子也难以遇到的……
  ...This is a moment that I will never forget
  ……呵呵，但我明白了，我到了那一刻，还是只想起了我的父母……
  ...hehe, However, I realized that all I was think is my parents!
  ……其他的什么也没有……
  ...Nothing else
  ……在此……
  ...So I am giving my best wishes to
  ……愿在灾难中逝去的人们……
  ...the people who lost their lives in this earthquake
  ……早日解脱世俗的痛苦……
  ……在另一个世界快乐的生活……
  ...hope they will get rid of the panic as soon as possible, rest in peace in heaven.

• For those who came from Youtube, I am very very fine and safe. The worst place is in Sichuan, let pray for them and my friend, another author of IfGoGo.com will update something new to this blog. You may want to subscribe our RSS at http://feed.ifgogo.com. Thanks very much for your attention wishes!
• Another post from IfGoGo.com about this earthquake by hidecloud (who's just near the center of earthquake)
• Major quake kills 4 students
• Someone reported there's another shock-feeling in Nanchong, Sichuan
• One of our author Tao Zhang was survived, congratulations! (His Chinese Blog)
• Deaths/Injuries: Total in Sichuan 8533; Beichuan 4,000-5,000; Wenzhou(Center) 107(Not sure, maybe very terrific); Ganzi 4; Dujiangyan 5; Chengdu 45; thousands of people were badly injured
• Updating...

Pictures and Videos:

• A video of ChenJian
   

  He said, for he was still alive, he would surely be lucky. But after the rescue workers finally pulled him out, he stopped breathing....

• The Video of "half-mast" in China, May 19th (Tian'anmen Square):
   

• The temporary tents for those homeless people
  
• The rescue workers and vehicles
  
  
• The latest photos from Sichuan:
  
  
  
  
  
• Parachute at risk into the clouds

  We will bring all your thoughts to them

  

• First Picture from Wenchuan!

  

• College students outside on the playground (from Shanxi Science and Technology University, that's even far from Sichuan):

  

  

  

  Announcement: There is free food provided tonight, please do not go inside the buildings...

  

  Eating outside:

  

• A student inside the ruins
• Some REAL photos from a city near the epicenter:

  There are more, but I really don't want to upload those ones, for those are really really too horrible. If you want to see those ones, you may follow this link.

• A photo from qiaoka.org (very miserable):
• People in Beijing from xiaonei.com:
• People in Sichuan (maybe) from Hainei.com:
• A picture from my friend "potato":
• It's really a terrific memory ever. I was in Wuhan, on a 15th floor and just felt a little sick. However, as I got to the 4th floor, I started to feel better and got this video. You may want to take a look here:Well, I really did not expect that my video would be pushing to the front page of Youtube and on the top featured list for such a long time. I was outside and when I got free back to the Internet, I saw tons of attacks and spammers. I didn't know how to remove those comments and porn video responses, so lots of "good" people started to blame me and threaten me. However, I removed the porn video responses but refused to remove the whole post. But when it was 3:00AM this morning, I was too tired of arguing with thousands of crazy "people" attacking each other and blaming me of not removing something, and when I watched TV about the refugees, I think the video or any attacks on the Internet is completely a bullshit. The people are DYING, CRYING, BEING BURIED hopeless. How can you just attack and blame the opposes at this crisis time? So I hide my video and let those crazy people there. On the other hand, as my videos are taken in Wuhan, though very early uploaded, it is not near the epicenter, so I think it may contain misleading information, it is reasonable to hide it from the "crazy" public. I'm updating this post with Hidecloud in Chengdu (very near the epicenter). And I really don't want to waste a single second with those crazy people shouting on Internet.

  So if you want to watch my video in Wuhan, just contact me on my gmail: awflasher+youtube at gmail.com

• Some pictures from CNBeta.com:Thousands of frogs are moving in May,7. Maybe sometimes animals know earlier than we human beings !

  

  

  

  

  Houses are crashing:

  

• Someone said that he had predicted this earthquake on May, 7 here:Is that true:?
• Video by me from sohu.com (Just picture showing)
• Video from Xi'an:
• Video from Beijing:

The reports from "Earthquake Hazards Program":

Update time = Mon May 12 8:52:50 UTC 2008

There are also a post in Chinese at my personal blog.