China: Earthquake (As of 18 May 2008) GMT +8
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China: Earthquake (as of 18 May 2008) GMT +8 • train carrying gasoline Epicentre derailed which set on fire Gansu Magnitude: 7.9 • 900 evacuated (189 dead) Aftershock Epicentre Date: 12 May 2008 Magnitude: 5.9 Beijing SITUATION Time: 2:28 (local time) Date: 18 May 2008 Time: 12:08 AM (local • A major earthquake measuring 500 km Qinghai time) 7.8 on the Richter scale struck Wenchuan County, Aba Prefecture in Sichuan Province 400 km Sichuan at 14:28 Beijing time (06:28 GMT) on Monday, 12 May. 80% of houses • A 5.9 magnitude aftershock 300 km destroyed Shaanxi Guangyuan (92 dead) struck near Jiangyou at 12:08 AM on Sunday, 18 May. Beichuan (700 dead) • Brought down big number of 200 km (5000 dead) Shabu houses, damaged 377 km of Beichuan Jiangyou 3 dead, 1,006 injured in aftershock roads and 6 bridges (500 dead) Mao Xian Wenchuan Hanwang Mianyang (7,395 dead) • Government is actively • Communication 100 km Li Xian Mianzhu welcoming assistance from the facilities, roads, houses Yingxiu (3,000 dead) Deyang (2,648 dead) damaged Tianpeng international community • Troops reached Wenchuan Shifang • destruction of 2 facilities resulted Pengzhou epicentre by parachute in leak of sulfuric acid and liquid ammonia LINKS Guan Xian Chengdu • Ministry of Environmental Protection (Doujiangyan) increased monitoring of 5 river sections • Latest updates for China: Earthquake - May 2008 • school collapsed • Related maps • 959 dead Xizang • 50 students reported dead • Small rescue teams trickling into worst Chongqing Disclaimers: • 900 students buried The boundaries and names shown and the • stability of Zipingpu hit area north of (8 dead) designations used on all maps do not imply dam is stable and Chengdu official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations. safe The data and information represented originates from public sources as indicated. ReliefWeb makes every effort to use the latest available data and to ensure that its products are accurate, complete and timely, but no warranties are made to this effect. Comments INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY are welcome to [email protected]. CHINA Creation date: 19 May 2008 Provincial Boundary Map sources: UNCS, Europa Technologies Affected Province (Global Discovery), USGS. Narrative and statistical sources: • 21,500 dead Affected County Xinhua News Agency. 18 May 2008. Three • 150,000 injured killed, 1,006 injured in aftershock in China Epicentre quake area. MYANMAR• 14,000 buried OCHA Situation Reports No. 1-4. Sichuan Aftershock Epicentre Province, China – Earthquake • 13,400 pulled out alive from debris WHO. Sichuan Earthquake Emergency Guizhou National Capital Updates 15 May 2008. • 571,400 houses collapsed Populated Place • 279,900 houses destroyed Yunnan 0 50 100 www.reliefweb.int • 5.7 million people evacuated Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (1 dead) Kilometres United Nations.