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Dujiangyan City
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Dujiangyan is a county-level city of Sichuan Province, Southwest China. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Chengdu. Its north-west region forms a border with southern Ngawa
Puzhao Temple in Dujiangyan
Puzhao Temple in Dujiangyan
Xuanhua Gate of Dujiangyan on 2018 Chinese New Year
Xuanhua Gate of Dujiangyan on 2018 Chinese New Year
2008 Sichuan earthquake
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An earthquake occurred in the province of Sichuan, China at 14:28:01 China Standard Time on May 12, 2008. Measuring at 8.0 Ms, the earthquake's epicenter was located 80 kilometres west-northwest of Ch
Dujiangyan City
…greatly to the richness of Chengdu Plain with its reputation as "The Land of Abundance". On 12 May 2008, the city was the closest to the epicenter of the 2008 Sichuan earthquake and the city suffered severe damage. Xinjian Primary School, Juyuan Middle School, and Xiang'e Middle School collapsed in the earthquake. Dujiangyan…
A collapsed building in Wenchuan County
A collapsed building in Wenchuan County
Figure 1: Official fatality reports for the Wenchuan M8 earthquake as a function of time. Squares show fatalities, triangles show the sum of fatalitie
Figure 1: Official fatality reports for the Wenchuan M8 earthquake as a function of time. Squares show fatalities, triangles show the sum of fatalities plus missing persons, which equaled the number of fatalities in the end. The diamond is the QLARM estimate 100 minutes after the earthquake, with the range of possible values given by the solid, vertical line through the diamond. The horizontal dash-dotted line indicates the average value of fatalities calculated by QLARM.
On the night of May 12, residents of Chengdu worried about potential aftershocks gathered in the street to avoid staying in buildings.
On the night of May 12, residents of Chengdu worried about potential aftershocks gathered in the street to avoid staying in buildings.
The outside of a warehouse in disarray following the earthquake.
The outside of a warehouse in disarray following the earthquake.