Introduction to Sichuan Earthquake
Earthquake, an unexpected natural calamity, which destroys several lives and livelihoods. The Sichuan earthquake in China is also one of the unfortunate things that happened in 2008. It is also referred to as the Great Sichuan earthquake or Wenchuan earthquake. The china earthquake date was recorded as, at the magnitude 8.0, and the time is around 2.28 pm of May 12, 2008. It was a massive earthquake that occurred 80 km from the West Central mountain region of Chengdu. Dujiangyan is the nearest locality. The provisional capital was measured as 19 km depth from the below surface.
According to the official assessment of the Chinese government, around 60,000 people lost their lives along with 68,636 in Sichuan province. Also, 5,300 children were killed as a result of the 2008 Sichuan earthquake. 374,176 were injured, and 18,222 were listed as missing from the reports of July 2008. Around 11 million people became homeless, and this earthquake was recorded as the 18th deadliest earthquake. After a few months, in November, the Chinese government announced to spend 1 trillion RMB for reconstructing those destroyed villages.
Besides the huge loss of human resources, several dams, buildings collapsed. Also, several rivers and lakes were completely covered by rocks, stones and mud. Around 200 people came forward and worked hard to drain the impounded water. The Chinese government had reacted immediately and deployed 130,000 soldiers and several workers to rescue the damaged areas. The China earthquake of 2008 did not leave the region soon. Again it gave shocks in 2011 and 2013. During these quakes, even though there is a considerable loss, it's not enormous.
Sichuan Earthquake 2008 Causes
The Sichuan earthquake was caused due to the collision of Indian-Australian and Eurasian plates. The collision occurred approximately 250 km. With the fault of Longmenshan, the Indian-Australian plate has changed its position from northward to eastward, where the Tibet plateau is located. These two plates had undergone compressions. These compressional forces had affected the ground about 29feet upward. It leads to disaster at various places for several days, months and years. No one forgets the China earthquake date as it results in numerous shocks for many years. In 2010, the Longmenshan Fault moved towards north from south and separated the Tibet plateau from the Sichuan basin.
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Scenario After Ten Years of 2008 Sichuan Earthquake
The Sichuan earthquake has become the biggest nightmare for Chinese people. Because the instances had remained in the region even after ten years of the China earthquake in 2008. A few of them are as follows -
The city of Beichuan, the most affected region, has been frozen in time since the China earthquake date. The earthquake killed around 87,000 people across Sichuan province.
Being a part of destroyed buildings and schools due to the Sichuan earthquake, a statue has been left after the collapse of the entire school building.
In the same city, Beichuan, everything was buried at Beichuan middle school except a blackboard.
Yingxiu is one of the rebuilt towns after the effect of the china earthquake. It developed much and became a tourist attraction of the country.
Qiang mountain village has around 4000 years of history because of the sunset here. But after the China earthquake date, it lost its glory, and several people died.
Several buildings, schools, dams etc., were damaged very badly and created a great loss to the economy of the Chinese government.
Bottom Lines
The Sichuan earthquake of China in 2008 is the most unfortunate thing that remains the unrecoverable loss of manpower, money, power and other natural resources. It also had many aftershocks for several years. Several buildings collapsed, dams need to be reconstructed. Also, the rivers and lakes were closed due to the destruction of the earth. The earthquake lasts around 90 - 120 seconds. So most of the surrounding regions got affected.
FAQs on Sichuan Earthquake of 2008
1. Explain the latest facts of the Sichuan earthquake in China.
Few facts of the 2008 china earthquake are as follows -
The disaster happened at 8.0 magnitude earthquake on May 12, 2008 around 2:28 pm. The earthquake lasts around 90 to 120 seconds.
The death toll had increased rapidly. 68,516 died and 365,399 injured by Thursday itself.
The soldiers and rescuers saved nearly 3 lakh people and moved them to safe places.
The Chinese government had spent 1 trillion RMD and took the help of neighbouring countries.
It has collected nearly 37.31 billion yuan from both foreign countries and domestic regions to reconstruct all the affected areas.
2. Write about Sichuan?
Among 23 provinces, Sichuan is the second largest province located in the South Western part of China. Its population is 87,250,000 from the records of 2007. Chengdu is the capital city of Sichuan. As the Sichuan province is spacious, it has several industrial plants. Also, it is rich in both agricultural and mineral resources. Yangtze River was also located in the region of Sichuan. It was divided into 18 cities and three prefectures, which have great historical importance. Sichuan was surrounded by the Qinling Range in the east, the Himalayas in the west, and the hilly areas of Yunnan Province in the south. It is also rich in biodiversity and is home to giant pandas.
3. What is the impact of the Sichuan earthquake on the Chinese Economy?
The Sichuan earthquake had shown a great impact on the Chinese Economy. According to the estimation of the chief economist, US$86 billion is the approximate cost of the entire damage, excluding the loss of people. Again the reconstruction costs need to be added, and the funds collected from neighbouring countries have to be considered. Based on the reports, around 14,000 industries collapsed along with the produced goods and machinery. Another loss for the Chinese Economy is the destruction of Sichuan city and its mines, agricultural resources etc. The disaster had created enormous potential loss along with food and water scarcity.
