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The earthquake occurred as the result of motion on a northeast striking reverse fault or thrust fault on the northwestern margin of the Sichuan Basin. The earthquake's epicenter and focal-mechanism are consistent with it having occurred as the result of movement on the Longmenshan Fault or a tectonically related fault.
Sichuan earthquake of 2008, massive and enormously devastating earthquake that occurred in the central region of Sichuan, China. Almost 90,000 people were counted as dead or missing and presumed dead in the final Chinese government assessment, with nearly 375,000 injured by falling debris and building collapses.
May 9, 2013 · Twelve May 2013 marks the fifth anniversary of the 2008 Sichuan earthquake, one of the largest earthquakes in human history in terms of socio-economic losses.
Sep 5, 2022 · At least 46 people have died after an earthquake hit China’s southwestern Sichuan province on Monday, according to Chinese broadcaster CCTV citing local authorities.
The 2008 Sichuan earthquake occurred where the eastern part of Tibet, forced further eastward, overrides the Sichuan basin at a rate of about 4 mm/year (an eighth of an inch/yr). This is the cause of the ongoing rise of the Longmen Shan mountain range that marks the eastern border of Tibet.
Sep 5, 2022 · 5 September 2022. Watch: China earthquake rocks town in Sichuan. At least 65 people have been killed after a 6.6 magnitude earthquake hit southwestern China, state media said. The quake struck at...
May 12, 2018 · Ten years after the devastating 7.9 magnitude Sichuan earthquake which killed almost 90,000 people in western China, Li remembers how it only took a few seconds for her life to be changed forever.
May 12, 2008 · Just before 2:30 p.m. local time on May 12, 2008, a magnitude-7.9 earthquake shook Sichuan province in Western China. One eyewitness recalls seeing a mountain “blowing up” and boulders two-stories tall crashing into gorges.
May 9, 2018 · On May 12, 2008, a magnitude-8.0 earthquake struck beneath a mountainous region in south-central China, toppling buildings and sending landslides crashing into cities, resulting in...
May 12, 2018 · On this day a decade ago, a magnitude-8 earthquake struck southwestern China, tearing towns and cities asunder. Powerful shock waves erupted from the epicentre in Wenchuan county, spreading...
