Sichuan earthquake
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The Sichuan earthquake was a devastating 2008 magnitude 7.9 quake in China’s Sichuan province that caused massive destruction and loss of life, prompting nationwide mourning and international relief efforts.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| 2008 Sichuan earthquake | 5 |
| 2008 Sichuan earthquake aftermath | 1 |
| 2008 Wenchuan earthquake | 1 |
| Sichuan earthquake canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8784177 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sichuan earthquake Context triple: [Remembering, mainSubject, Sichuan earthquake]
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A.
1976 Tangshan earthquake
The 1976 Tangshan earthquake was a devastating magnitude 7.5 earthquake in northeastern China that killed hundreds of thousands of people and became one of the deadliest earthquakes in recorded history.
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B.
1946 Nankai earthquake
The 1946 Nankai earthquake was a powerful megathrust earthquake off the coast of southwestern Japan that generated a destructive tsunami and caused widespread damage and casualties in the Nankai region.
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C.
Great Kanto earthquake
The Great Kanto earthquake was a devastating 1923 seismic disaster that struck the Tokyo-Yokohama region of Japan, causing massive destruction and loss of life.
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D.
1944 Tonankai earthquake
The 1944 Tonankai earthquake was a powerful undersea megathrust earthquake off the coast of Japan that generated a destructive tsunami and caused extensive damage and loss of life in the Tōkai and Kii Peninsula regions during World War II.
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E.
1967 Mudurnu Valley earthquake
The 1967 Mudurnu Valley earthquake was a major and destructive seismic event in northwestern Turkey that ruptured a segment of the North Anatolian Fault, causing significant damage and casualties.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sichuan earthquake Target entity description: The Sichuan earthquake was a devastating 2008 magnitude 7.9 quake in China’s Sichuan province that caused massive destruction and loss of life, prompting nationwide mourning and international relief efforts.
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A.
1976 Tangshan earthquake
The 1976 Tangshan earthquake was a devastating magnitude 7.5 earthquake in northeastern China that killed hundreds of thousands of people and became one of the deadliest earthquakes in recorded history.
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B.
1946 Nankai earthquake
The 1946 Nankai earthquake was a powerful megathrust earthquake off the coast of southwestern Japan that generated a destructive tsunami and caused widespread damage and casualties in the Nankai region.
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C.
Great Kanto earthquake
The Great Kanto earthquake was a devastating 1923 seismic disaster that struck the Tokyo-Yokohama region of Japan, causing massive destruction and loss of life.
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D.
1944 Tonankai earthquake
The 1944 Tonankai earthquake was a powerful undersea megathrust earthquake off the coast of Japan that generated a destructive tsunami and caused extensive damage and loss of life in the Tōkai and Kii Peninsula regions during World War II.
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E.
1967 Mudurnu Valley earthquake
The 1967 Mudurnu Valley earthquake was a major and destructive seismic event in northwestern Turkey that ruptured a segment of the North Anatolian Fault, causing significant damage and casualties.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | earthquake ⓘ |
| affectedProvince |
Chongqing
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gansu NERFINISHED ⓘ Guizhou NERFINISHED ⓘ Qinghai NERFINISHED ⓘ Shaanxi NERFINISHED ⓘ Sichuan NERFINISHED ⓘ Yunnan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| affectedRegion | Tibet Autonomous Region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
2008 Sichuan earthquake
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Wenchuan earthquake NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| casualtiesDeaths | over 69,000 ⓘ |
| casualtiesInjured | over 370,000 ⓘ |
| casualtiesMissing | about 18,000 ⓘ |
| country | China ⓘ |
| date | 2008-05-12 ⓘ |
| depth | about 19 km ⓘ |
| displacedPeople | millions ⓘ |
| economicLoss | hundreds of billions of yuan ⓘ |
| educationImpact | collapse of many school buildings ⓘ |
| epicenterLocation | Wenchuan County NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| faultType | thrust fault ⓘ |
| faultZone | Longmenshan fault NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| globalRank | one of the deadliest earthquakes of the early 21st century ⓘ |
| governmentResponse |
massive rescue operations
ⓘ
national emergency response ⓘ |
| internationalResponse |
foreign rescue teams
ⓘ
international humanitarian aid ⓘ |
| localTime | 14:28:01 ⓘ |
| magnitude |
7.9 Mw
ⓘ
8.0 Ms ⓘ |
| memorialization | annual commemorations on May 12 ⓘ |
| memorialSite |
Beichuan Earthquake Ruins Park
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Wenchuan Earthquake Memorial NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableQuakeLake | Tangjiashan Lake GENERATED ⓘ |
| officialMourningPeriod | three days ⓘ |
| province | Sichuan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reconstructionProgram | large-scale post-quake reconstruction in Sichuan ⓘ |
| severelyAffectedArea |
Beichuan County
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dujiangyan NERFINISHED ⓘ Mianzhu NERFINISHED ⓘ Pengzhou NERFINISHED ⓘ Qingchuan County NERFINISHED ⓘ Shifang NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| socialImpact | nationwide mourning in China ⓘ |
| timeZone | UTC+8 ⓘ |
| triggeredEvent |
landslides
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mountain collapses ⓘ quake lakes ⓘ |
| worstHitArea | Wenchuan County NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Sichuan earthquake Description of subject: The Sichuan earthquake was a devastating 2008 magnitude 7.9 quake in China’s Sichuan province that caused massive destruction and loss of life, prompting nationwide mourning and international relief efforts.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
2008 Sichuan earthquake
this entity surface form:
2008 Sichuan earthquake
this entity surface form:
2008 Sichuan earthquake
subject surface form:
Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry
this entity surface form:
2008 Sichuan earthquake aftermath
this entity surface form:
2008 Sichuan earthquake
this entity surface form:
2008 Sichuan earthquake
this entity surface form:
2008 Wenchuan earthquake