2008 Wenchuan earthquake

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:earthquake
gptkbp:affectedArea gptkb:Chongqing
gptkb:Sichuan_Province
gptkb:Shaanxi
gptkb:Gansu
gptkbp:aftermath thousands
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Sichuan_earthquake
gptkbp:apparentMagnitude 7.9 Mw
gptkbp:casualties over 69,000 deaths
gptkbp:commemoratedBy documentaries
films
memorials
gptkbp:date 2008-05-12
gptkbp:displacement about 4.8 million
gptkbp:economicLoss estimated $150 billion
gptkbp:emergencyServices People's Liberation Army deployed
gptkbp:epicenter gptkb:Wenchuan_County
gptkbp:fault gptkb:Longmenshan_Fault
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:2010_Yushu_earthquake
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 2008 Wenchuan earthquake
gptkbp:impact infrastructure damage
psychological trauma
environmental changes
policy changes in school construction
gptkbp:injuries over 374,000
gptkbp:internationalAid received
gptkbp:largestAftershockMagnitude 6.4 Mw
gptkbp:latitude 31.021°N
gptkbp:location gptkb:Sichuan,_China
gptkbp:longitude 103.367°E
gptkbp:losses over 18,000
gptkbp:maximumDepth 19 km
gptkbp:mediaCoverage extensive
gptkbp:memorial gptkb:Wenchuan_Earthquake_Memorial_Museum
May 12
gptkbp:notableEvent landslides
Beichuan County destroyed
dam failures
quake lakes formed
gptkbp:notableSurvivor gptkb:Jiang_Xiaojuan
gptkb:Tan_Qianqiu
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:2005_Kashmir_earthquake
gptkbp:response Chinese government mobilized military
gptkbp:restored major government effort
gptkbp:schoolsCollapsed over 7,000
gptkbp:studiedBy triggered research on seismic hazards
gptkbp:tsunami none
gptkbp:type thrust fault
gptkbp:UNESCOWorldHeritageSite gptkb:Mount_Qingcheng
gptkb:Jiuzhaigou_Valley
gptkb:Dujiangyan_Irrigation_System
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Wenchuan_Earthquake_Memorial_Museum
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6