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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 following other wikis use this file: Usage on fi.wikipedia.org Sichuanin maanjäristys 2008; Usage on id.wikipedia.org Gempa bumi Sichuan 2008
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.
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 .
Name Magnitude/M s Date Epicenter Cause 1786 Kangding-Luding earthquake: 7.8: 1 June 1786: Kangding and Luding County: 2nd 1786 Luding earthquake: 7.0: 10 June 1786: Luding County in Garzê ...
Tangjiashan Lake (Chinese: 唐家山堰塞湖, literally "Tang's Mountain landslide dam-created lake") is a landslide dam-created lake on the Jian River, which was formed by the 2008 Sichuan earthquake. [1] Its name comes from the nearby mountain Tangjiashan. On May 24, 2008, the water level rose by 2 metres (6 ft 7 in) in a single day ...
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Сычуаньскае землетрасенне (2008) Usage on ca.wikipedia.org Terratrèmol de Sichuan de 2008; Usage on cs.wikipedia.org Zemětřesení v S’-čchuanu 2008; Usage on cy.wikipedia.org Daeargryn Sichuan 2008; Usage on da.wikipedia.org Jordskælvet i Sichuan 2008; Usage on en.wikinews.org Large earthquake hits central China