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A powerful earthquake struck the Sichuan province of China on May 12, 2008, killing over 69,000 people and causing widespread damage and geohazards. The earthquake was caused by a thrust fault along the border of the Indo-Australian Plate and Eurasian Plate, and was felt across a large area of Asia.
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 · The web page reports on the fifth anniversary of the 2008 Sichuan earthquake, one of the largest earthquakes in human history in terms of socio-economic losses. It shows the impact of the quake on different areas, the reconstruction programme, and the lessons learned from the disaster.
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 11, 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 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...
Learn how the collision between India and Asia caused the devastating magnitude 7.9 earthquake in Sichuan province in 2008. See maps, models and data of the fault rupture, slippage, aftershocks and seismicity in the region.
