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Earthquake Museum of Lanzhou

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Earthquake Museum of Lanzhou
Earthquake Museum of Lanzhou
Earthquake Museum of Lanzhou
Earthquake Museum of Lanzhou
Earthquake Museum of Lanzhou
Earthquake Museum of Lanzhou
Earthquake Museum of Lanzhou
Earthquake Museum of Lanzhou
Earthquake Museum of Lanzhou
Earthquake Museum of Lanzhou
Earthquake Museum of Lanzhou
Earthquake Museum of Lanzhou
Earthquake Museum of Lanzhou
Earthquake Museum of Lanzhou
Earthquake Museum of Lanzhou
Phone:
+86 931 767 7551

Address:
348 An Ning Xi Lu, Anning Qu, Lanzhou Shi, Gansu Sheng, China

The 2008 Sichuan earthquake , also known as the Great Sichuan earthquake or Wenchuan earthquake, occurred at 14:28:01 China Standard Time on May 12, 2008. Measuring at 8.0 Ms , the earthquake's epicenter was located 80 kilometres west-northwest of Chengdu, the provincial capital, with a focal depth of 19 km . The earthquake ruptured the fault for over 240 km, with surface displacements of several meters. The earthquake was also felt in nearby countries and as far away as both Beijing and Shanghai—1,500 km and 1,700 km away—where office buildings swayed with the tremor. Strong aftershocks, some exceeding 6 Ms, continued to hit the area up to several months after the main shock, causing further casualties and damage. The earthquake also caused the largest number of geohazards ever recorded, including about 200,000 landslides and more than 800 quake lakes distributed over an area of 110,000 km2.Over 69,000 people lost their lives in the quake, including 68,636 in Sichuan province. 374,176 were reported injured, with 18,222 listed as missing as of July 2008. The geohazards triggered by the earthquake are thought to be responsible for at least one third of the death toll. The earthquake left about 4.8 million people homeless, though the number could be as high as 11 million. Approximately 15 million people lived in the affected area. It was the deadliest earthquake to hit China since the 1976 Tangshan earthquake, which killed at least 240,000 people, and the strongest in the country since the 1950 Chayu earthquake, which registered at 8.5 on the Richter magnitude scale. It is the 21st deadliest earthquake of all time. On November 6, 2008, the central government announced that it would spend 1 trillion RMB over the next three years to rebuild areas ravaged by the earthquake, as part of the Chinese economic stimulus program.
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