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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Predicate Object
instanceOf earthquake ⓘ
affectedProvince Chongqing ⓘ
Gansu ⓘ
linked to: Gansu Province

Guizhou ⓘ
linked to: Guizhou Province

Qinghai ⓘ
Shaanxi ⓘ
linked to: Shaanxi Province

Sichuan ⓘ
linked to: Sichuan Province

Yunnan ⓘ
linked to: Yunnan Province
affectedRegion Tibet Autonomous Region ⓘ
alsoKnownAs 2008 Sichuan earthquake ⓘ
linked to: Sichuan earthquake

Wenchuan earthquake ⓘ
linked to: Sichuan earthquake
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 ⓘ
faultType thrust fault ⓘ
faultZone Longmenshan fault ⓘ
linked to: Longmenshan Fault
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 ⓘ
Wenchuan Earthquake Memorial ⓘ
notableQuakeLake Tangjiashan Lake ⓘ
officialMourningPeriod three days ⓘ
province Sichuan ⓘ
linked to: Sichuan Province
reconstructionProgram large-scale post-quake reconstruction in Sichuan ⓘ
severelyAffectedArea Beichuan County ⓘ
Dujiangyan ⓘ
Mianzhu ⓘ
Pengzhou ⓘ
Qingchuan County ⓘ
Shifang ⓘ
socialImpact nationwide mourning in China ⓘ
timeZone UTC+8 ⓘ
triggeredEvent landslides ⓘ
mountain collapses ⓘ
quake lakes ⓘ
worstHitArea Wenchuan County ⓘ

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Remembering → associatedEvent → 2008 Sichuan earthquake ⓘ
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Straight → inspiredBy → 2008 Sichuan earthquake ⓘ
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Straight → mainSubject → 2008 Sichuan earthquake ⓘ
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Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry → featuresEvent → 2008 Sichuan earthquake aftermath ⓘ
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Qiang → affectedBy → 2008 Sichuan earthquake ⓘ
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Wolong National Nature Reserve → affectedByEvent → 2008 Sichuan earthquake ⓘ
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Longmen Mountains → associatedWithEvent → 2008 Wenchuan earthquake ⓘ
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Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture → significantEvent → 2008 Sichuan earthquake ⓘ
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Beichuan Qiang Autonomous County → significantEvent → 2008 Wenchuan earthquake ⓘ
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Beichuan Qiang Autonomous County → hasRebuiltCountySeatAfter → 2008 Wenchuan earthquake ⓘ
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Sichuan earthquake → alsoKnownAs → 2008 Sichuan earthquake ⓘ
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Sichuan earthquake → alsoKnownAs → Wenchuan earthquake ⓘ
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Dujiangyan City → affectedByEvent → 2008 Sichuan earthquake ⓘ
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Wenchuan County → epicenterOf → 2008 Sichuan earthquake ⓘ
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Wenchuan County → reconstructionAfter → 2008 Sichuan earthquake ⓘ
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