Wenchuan earthquake (2008)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Wenchuan_earthquake_(2008)
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:earthquake
gptkbp:affectedArea gptkb:Chongqing
gptkb:Yunnan_Province
gptkb:Hubei_Province
gptkb:Sichuan_Province
gptkb:Shaanxi_Province
gptkb:Henan_Province
gptkb:Guizhou_Province
gptkb:Gansu_Province
gptkbp:aftermath thousands
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:2008_Sichuan_earthquake
gptkbp:apparentMagnitude 7.9 Mw
gptkbp:casualties over 18,000 missing
over 374,000 injured
over 69,000 dead
gptkbp:commemorates gptkb:National_day_of_mourning_(2008-05-19)
gptkbp:country gptkb:China
gptkbp:date 2008-05-12
gptkbp:economicLoss estimated $150 billion USD
gptkbp:epicenter gptkb:Wenchuan_County,_Sichuan,_China
gptkbp:fault gptkb:Longmenshan_Fault
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Wenchuan earthquake (2008)
gptkbp:largestAftershockMagnitude 6.4 Mw
gptkbp:latitude 31.021°N
gptkbp:longitude 103.367°E
gptkbp:maximumDepth 19 km
gptkbp:mediaCoverage international media
CCTV
gptkbp:notableEvent Landslides
Beichuan County destroyed
Dujiangyan dam affected
Formation of quake lakes
Thousands of children killed
gptkbp:notableLandmark gptkb:Wenchuan_Earthquake_Memorial_Museum
gptkb:Beichuan_Earthquake_Memorial_Park
gptkb:Dujiangyan_Earthquake_Memorial
gptkb:Tangjiashan_Quake_Lake_Memorial
gptkbp:notableSurvivor gptkb:Tang_Shan
gptkb:Peng_Yixing
gptkbp:period 14:28:01 CST
gptkbp:powers XI (Extreme)
gptkbp:reliefEffortsBy gptkb:treaty
gptkb:Chinese_government
gptkbp:schoolsCollapsed over 7,000
gptkbp:triggeredLandslides yes
gptkbp:triggeredQuakeLakes yes
gptkbp:tsunami no
gptkbp:UNESCOWorldHeritageSite gptkb:Jiuzhaigou_Valley
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Szechuan
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7