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.

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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
mountain collapses
quake lakes
worstHitArea Wenchuan County NERFINISHED

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Qiang affectedBy Sichuan earthquake
this entity surface form: 2008 Sichuan earthquake
Wolong National Nature Reserve affectedByEvent Sichuan earthquake
this entity surface form: 2008 Sichuan earthquake
Remembering associatedEvent Sichuan earthquake
this entity surface form: 2008 Sichuan earthquake
Longmen Mountains associatedWithEvent Sichuan earthquake
this entity surface form: 2008 Wenchuan earthquake
documentary film "Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry" featuresEvent Sichuan earthquake
subject surface form: Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry
this entity surface form: 2008 Sichuan earthquake aftermath
Straight inspiredBy Sichuan earthquake
this entity surface form: 2008 Sichuan earthquake
Remembering mainSubject Sichuan earthquake
Straight mainSubject Sichuan earthquake
this entity surface form: 2008 Sichuan earthquake