It is first time to adopt the high-speed frequency spread microwave network for China Seismological Bureau.

采用扩频微波方式组网在地震系统还尚属首次。

youdao

Only 58 people have been rescued from demolished buildings across the quake area, China Seismological Bureau spokesman Zhang Hongwei told Xinhua.

NPR: Sichuan Quake Claims 12,000; Rescuers Scrambling

The quake measured by China's seismological bureau at magnitude-7 and the U.S. Geological Survey at 6.6 struck the steep hills of Lushan county shortly after 8 a.m. toppling buildings, many of them older brick structures.

WSJ: China's Sichuan Province Hit by Strong Earthquake