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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 China seismic intensity scale is a national standard of the People's Republic of China [1] used to measure seismic intensity.Similar to EMS-92 on which CSIS drew reference, seismic impacts are classified into 12 degrees of intensity, or liedu (Chinese: 烈度; pinyin: lièdù, literally "degrees of violence") in Roman numerals from I for insensible to XII for landscape reshaping.
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.
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.
In 2008, an 8.0 magnitude earthquake hit Sichuan, claiming the lives of at least 70,000 people, the deadliest quake to hit China since the 1976 Tangshan quake that killed at least 242,000.
2005 Kashmir earthquake, 2008 Sichuan earthquake, and 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami: XII. Extreme: Damage is total. Waves are seen on ground surfaces. Lines of sight and level are distorted. Objects are thrown upward into the air. 1960 Valdivia earthquake, 2001 Gujarat earthquake, and 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes
Earthquakes with a magnitude 4.5 and over (1900–2015). 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.
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