Initial estimates rank it as a 7.6 magnitude tremor, which would be the strongest quake to strike the region since 1935.据初步的预估，这场地震有7.6级，是此处1935年来最强烈的地震。
WHO has today revised its initial estimates of the case fatality ratio of SARS.WHO今天修订了它关于SARS病死率的最初估计。