Scene of devastation at a school in Dujiangyan (都江堰) which collapsed from the Wenchuan earthquake in Sichuan, China

* Over 10,000 feared dead in biggest earthquake in China for 30 years

* Earthquake measured at 7.9 on the Richter scale, epicentre(s) in western Sichuan

* Second earthquake/aftershocks measuring 5.0 and 6.1 magnitude reported at epicentre today

* Relief efforts hampered by terrain and poor weather

* 15 British tourists among the missing. The group of tourists were thought to be in the Wolong research center area. 2,000 other tourists are stranded in Tibetan-Qiang autonomous prefecture of Aba (阿坝藏族羌族自治州)

* Sichuan provincial government website of the Abeizhou Seismic Bureau assures residents news of an impending earthquake are just rumours hours before earthquake hits. Notice/pictures subsequently removed/blocked

* Minor tremors felt in Shanghai, Beijing, and across China

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