China (Yushu, Qinghai) Earthquake Imagery #geoeye #googlemaps

On Tuesday April 13th, a powerful 7.1 earthquake hit Qinghai province in China. The earthquake caused extensive damage and almost 1700+ lives were lost. The scale of the damage can be seen with these images from the region. Here's a image from GeoEye showing the destruction. Click on the image for a larger high resolution view of the destruction.



Image grab from Google Maps prior to the earthquake



(Note: Download this KML for a view in Google Earth of before and after earthquake imagery from Yushu, China - via Google LatLong Blog)