2008 Sichuan earthquake

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:earthquake
gptkbp:affectedArea gptkb:Chongqing
gptkb:Henan
gptkb:Guizhou
gptkb:Hubei
gptkb:Shaanxi
gptkb:Gansu
gptkb:Sichuan
gptkb:Yunnan
gptkbp:aftermath thousands
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Wenchuan_earthquake
gptkbp:apparentMagnitude 7.9 Mw
gptkbp:casualties over 87,000 dead or missing
gptkbp:consequence infrastructure reconstruction
school safety debate in China
gptkbp:country gptkb:China
gptkbp:date 2008-05-12
gptkbp:displacement about 4.8 million
gptkbp:economicLoss estimated $150 billion USD
gptkbp:epicenter gptkb:Wenchuan_County
gptkbp:fault gptkb:Longmenshan_Fault
gptkbp:followedBy aftershocks
gptkbp:governmentResponse Premier Wen Jiabao visited disaster area
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 2008 Sichuan earthquake
gptkbp:injuries over 374,000
gptkbp:largestAftershockMagnitude 6.4 Mw
gptkbp:maximumDepth 19 km
gptkbp:mediaCoverage extensive national and international
gptkbp:memorial gptkb:May_12_(China's_National_Disaster_Prevention_and_Reduction_Day)
gptkb:Wenchuan_Earthquake_Memorial_Museum
gptkbp:notableEvent landslides
Beichuan County destroyed
Zipingpu Dam damaged
quake lakes formation
gptkbp:notableSurvivor gptkb:Lin_Hao
gptkb:Tang_Shan
gptkbp:notableVictim Dujiangyan schoolchildren
gptkbp:period 14:28:01 CST
gptkbp:powers XI (Extreme) in epicenter
gptkbp:precededBy foreshocks
gptkbp:province gptkb:Sichuan
gptkbp:reliefEffortsBy gptkb:Red_Cross_Society_of_China
gptkb:People's_Liberation_Army
international NGOs
gptkbp:response massive national and international rescue effort
gptkbp:schoolsCollapsed over 7,000
gptkbp:tectonicSetting collision of Indian and Eurasian plates
gptkbp:type thrust fault
gptkbp:UNESCOWorldHeritageSite gptkb:Jiuzhaigou_Valley
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Dragon
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4