2:37 PM – 12 May 2008 EARTHQUAKE in Beijing?? Yup … @keso I felt it too!! – 3:47 PM CNN: Nearly 10,000 reported killed by China quake. – 5:55 PM USA Today: An earthquake struck China today with early reports that 7,600 people died in Sichuan province alone. – 8:55 PM BBC: Thousands dead in Chinese quake. Strapline: The 2008 China Earthquake. First on Twitter.