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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 mountainous central region of Sichuan province in southwestern China on May 12, 2008.
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.
May 13, 2008 · May 13, 2008. CHENGDU, China A powerful earthquake struck Western China on Monday, toppling thousands of homes, factories and offices, trapping students in schools, and killing at least 10,000...
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...
May 12, 2008 · Learn about the magnitude 7.9 earthquake that struck Sichuan province in China on May 12, 2008, killing over 80,000 people and damaging many buildings and landslides. Find out how the earthquake occurred along the Longmenshan Fault, the boundary between the Tibetan Plateau and the Sichuan Basin, and how a nearby reservoir may have triggered it.
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.
