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Sichuan Earthquake

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Know more about Sichuan earthquake • It measured at 8.0 ritcher scale . • Occurred at 14:28:01.42 on 12 May 2008 in Sichuan province of China . • This earthquake was felt as far away as Beijing (1,500 km away) and Shanghai.

Cause • Indian Plate against the Eurasian Plate with a velocity of about 50 mm/y. • The convergence of the two plates cause by : uplift of the Asian highlands and motion of crustal material from the uplifted Tibetan Plateau • The northwestern margin of the Sichuan Basin has previously experienced destructive

Damage • The earthquake caused great damage. • 65,080 people are confirmed dead til May 26. • 360,058 people injured. • 23,150 listed as missing and about 4.8 million people was homeless. • Though the number of death could be as high as 11 million

Lake Formation after Earthquake • The lake was forming in a mountain valley upstream of the small city of Beichuan

Aftershock • Aftershock is an earthquake that occurs after a previous earthquake . • Yes . There was 96 strong aftershocks of 6.0 Mw hit northeast of the original earthquake's epicenter and over 7,000 weak aftershocks occur. • It caused 8 deaths, 927 injuries

Take a look • The damage of Sichuan earthquake can campare with the Tangshan earthquake in July 28 1976 . • Let’s take a look on some simple information of Tangshan Earthquake now.

Tangshan Earthquake • It occured on July 28 1976. • It measured at 7.8 Ritcher Scale . • It is the largest earthquake of the 20th century . • The epicentre of the earthquake was near Tangshan in Hebei. • The earthquake hit in the early morning, at 03:42:53.8 and lasted for around 10 second

Comparsion Ritcher Scale Death

Sichuan Earthquake 8.0

Tangshan earthquake 7.8

65,080 people

655,000 people

Injured

360,058 people

164,000 people

Occur

Siuchuan

Hebei

conclusion Although the Rictcher Scale of Tangshan Earthquake is smaller than Sichuan Earthquake , its damage are more serious than Sichuan Earthquake. It was because Tangshan Earthquake was happen in the early morning . Most of the people were slept. They could not escape quickly. This is the reason why its damage are more serious than Sichuan

•After the earthquake

Goverment • Premier Wen Jiabao announced that : • Central government will allocate 70 billion yuan this year for a reconstruction fund for the quake-hit regions. • Pledged to arrange funds for the reconstruction over the next two years. • Admitted the devastating earthquake had caused huge losses in quake-hit regions and said reconstruction would be an arduous task. • The organization of a special group to draw up a reconstruction plan as soon as possible.

What have been done by china? • China slash central government to spernd 5% for quake relief. • China central bank provides $216 milion for quake area. • China set up a 30-member expert committee that is intended to offer scientific advice on the massive work of quake relief and reconstruction

How can government minimize the damage? • The death of thousands of people in the earthquake has once again called attention to the need for technology that provides better warning of such devastating natural events. • China is lack an earthquake earlywarning system , so that China should improve a better warming system.

How important is an Earthquake alert systems

• Earthquake alert systems furnish only a few seconds of warning, but that can be enough time for people to take protective measures. • Since that , the damage can be decrease.

•Please stop a while to look serious in ths Sichuan Earthquake. Thankyou.

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