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An earthquake occurred in the province of Sichuan, China at 14:28:01 China Standard Time on May 12, 2008. Measuring at 8.0 M s [ 5 ] [ 14 ] [ 15 ] (7.9–8.3 M w ), [ 1 ] [ 6 ] the earthquake's epicenter was located 80 kilometres (50 mi) west-northwest of Chengdu , the provincial capital, with a focal depth of 19 km (12 mi). [ 6 ]
The 2008 Sichuan earthquake, magnitude 7.9. M L, occurred at 14:28:01.42 CST (06:28:01.42 UTC) on 12 May 2008, [1] with its epicenter in Wenchuan County, Sichuan province of the People's Republic of China.
Earthquakes in 2008 resulted in about 88,011 fatalities. The 2008 Sichuan earthquake was the deadliest with 87,587 fatalities, and also the largest at 7.9 on the moment magnitude scale. Other significant earthquakes struck Pakistan, Kyrgyzstan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Russia, Japan, Colombia, and other parts of China.
Name Magnitude/M s Date Epicenter Cause Mabian earthquake: 6.0: 1935: Mabian County: Huili earthquake: 6.75: 1955: Huili County and Yuzha Township (魚鮓鄉): 1975 Dardo Jiulong earthquake: 6.2
The yellow star is the 2008 Sichuan earthquake. This is a list of earthquakes in China , part of the series of lists of disasters in China . Earthquakes in the loess plateau where residents lived in yaodong caves tended to have big casualties, including the 1303 Hongdong and 1920 Haiyuan earthquakes .
The extent of the earthquake. After the May 12, 2008 earthquake in the Chinese province of Sichuan, there were a series of allegations of corruption against officials involved in the construction of schools in regions affected by the quake. It gained momentum in May and June 2008, and the allegations culminated in protests from grieving parents ...
The 2008 Panzhihua earthquake struck southern Sichuan province, China on August 30 at 16:30:50.5 China Standard Time with a surface-wave magnitude of 6.1, or 6.0 M w. [3] It is also cited as the Renhe-Huili earthquake, [6] [7] [8] especially in SCEA reports and early CEA reports.
Artistes 512 Fund Raising Campaign (Chinese: 演藝界512關愛行動) was a major fundraising concert held in Hong Kong for the victims of the 2008 Sichuan earthquake.The concert was held on June 1, 2008, and began at 2:28pm, the time the earthquake had struck Sichuan on May 12.