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19 km	What was the focal depth of the quake?
69,197	How many people were confirmed dead?
68,636	How many people were confirmed dead only in the Sichuan province?
4.8 million	How many people were left homeless because of the earthquake?
15 million	How many people lived in the affected area?
1 trillion RMB	How much money was dedicated to rebuild ravaged areas?
68,636	How many people died in Sichuan Province?
374,176	How many were injured in Sichuan?
18,222	How many people are listed as missing?
4.8 million	How many people are homeless because of the quake?
11 million	How high could the homeless number possibly go?
Wenchuan County, Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture	Where was the epicenter?
2 minutes	How long did the earthquake last?
80%	What percentage of buildings were destroyed?
8.0 Ms and 7.9 Mw	What was the magnitude of the earthquake?
2 minutes	How long did the main tremor last?
almost 80%	What percentage of buildings were destroyed during the quake?
Longmenshan fault	On what fault did the earthquake occur?
along the border of the Indo-Australian Plate and Eurasian Plate	Where is the Longmenshan fault located?
120 sec	How long did the rupture last?
10 km	How deep was the focus of the earthquake?
Longmenshan fault	Along what fault line did the quake happen?
Yingxiu-Beichuan fracture	On which fracture did the quake focus?
first 80 sec.	When wasmost of the energy released during the initial eruption?
9 meters	What was the most displacement caused by the earthquake?
April 30, 2008	When was the confidential written report sent to the State Seismological Bureau?
1972	When was Geng's drought-earthquake correlation theory released?
written report	What did researcher Geng Qingguo say was sent to the State Seismological Bureau?
significant earthquake in Ngawa Prefecture	What did this report warn about?
around May 8	What was the predicted time of the quake?
droughts	What did Geng long try to establish as a relationship with earthquakes?
reports predicting the earthquake	What did an official with the Seismological Bureau deny receiving?
up to 9 meters	How large was the displacement?
Tom Parsons	Who warned of possible seismic activity in the area beforehand?
9 meters	What did the United States Geological Survey show as the amount of displacement?
240 km long	How long was the fault where the quake occurred?
20 km deep	How deep is the fault?
northeastern and southwestern ends	Where on the fault is the possibility of future earthquakes increased?
high risk	What did Tom Parsons consider as the risk factor for strong future quakes?
6,000 people	How many people were killed in the Hanshin earthquake?
in two stages	How did Yuji Yagi say the quake happened?
Longmenshan Fault	What fault tore in two places?
shallowness of the epicenter	Besides the population density, what else contributed to the severity of the quake?
30 times	How much greater was the energy of this quake than that released in the earthquake of 1995 in Japan?
firmness of the terrain	Why did the seismic waves travel so far?
Between 64 and 104	How many aftershocks were there?
within 72 hours of the main quake.	When were the aftershocks recorded?
on August 5, 2008	When did the latest magnitude 6 aftershock occur?
Between 64 and 104	How many aftershocks were there within 72 hours?
42,719	What do the Chinese say is the total number of shocks after the quake?
6.4 MS	What did the strongest aftershock measure?
246	How many shocks ranged from 4.0 MS to 4.9 MS?
August 5, 2008	At what date did the most recent aftershock above 6 MS occur?
August 30, 2008	When did this earthquake occur?
southern Sichuan	Where did this earthquake occur?
because it was caused by a different fault.	Why was it not included in the series?
2008 Panzhihua earthquake	Where should you look for more details?
southern Sichuan	Where was the August 30, 2008 quake?
Ms 6.1	What was the magnitude of the southern Sichuan quake?
Panzhihua earthquake	What earthquake happened in southern Sichuan?
CEA	Who published the map of the earthquakes intensity?
XI	What was the intensity scaled at?
very destructive	What does the China Seismic Intensity Scale call the earthquake?
very disastrous	How did the USGS rate the earthquake?
Yingxiu, Wenchuan	What town was closest to the main epicenter?
the eastern border of the Tibetan Plateau	Where is the Longmenshan Fault located?
3.5 metres	What is the average slip in the Beichuan Fault?
3 metres	How large was the slip 30 km northeast of the fault?
2 metres	What was the vertical average slip on the Guanxian-Anxian fault?
2.3 metres	What was the horizontal average slip on the Guanxian-Anxian fault?
Tibetan Plateau	Where is the Longmen shan fault located?
Longmen Shan Fault System	Where are the Beichuan and Guanxian-Anxian Faults?
3.5 metres	What was the average vertical slip in the Beichaun Fault?
3.5 metres	What was the horizontal slippage in the Beichuan Fault at the epicenter?
4.8 metres	What was the horizontal slippage perpendicular to the fault?
Shanghai's financial district	Where were office buildings evacuated?
calm	How did a receptionist describe the atmosphere after the evacuation?
10 minutes	How long were workers in Ford Plant evacuated for?
Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport	Which airport was shut down?
May 12	When did the airport re-open?
evacuated	What happened to office buildings in Shanghai?
Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport	Which airport was shut down?
disruption in air traffic services	Why were flights delayed and diverted?
relief operations	What were they using the airport to stage for?
in Chengdu	Where did the reporters say they saw cracks on walls of some buildings?
Beijing	Where were office towers evacuated?
Hui County, Gansu	Where did a cargo train derail as a result?
caught on fire	What happened to the cargo train?
cracks on walls	What was reported in Chengdu?
office towers	What was evacuated in Beijing?
venues	What part of the Olympic area was not damaged?
Hui County, Gansu	Where did a cargo train derail?
rail was distorted	Why did the train catch fire?
All of the highways	How many highways leading into Wenchuan were damaged?
80%	What percentage of building collapsed in Beichuan?
Dujiangyan	Where did two chemical plants collapse?
60	How many students out of the 900 in the school, survived the collapse?
All of the highways	What highways into Wenchuan were damaged?
delayed arrival	What did the damaged roadways cause to the rescue operations?
80%	How many of the buildings in Beichuan collapsed?

19 km

What was the focal depth of the quake?

69,197

How many people were confirmed dead?

68,636

How many people were confirmed dead only in the Sichuan province?

4.8 million

How many people were left homeless because of the earthquake?

15 million

How many people lived in the affected area?

1 trillion RMB

How much money was dedicated to rebuild ravaged areas?

68,636

How many people died in Sichuan Province?

374,176

How many were injured in Sichuan?

18,222

How many people are listed as missing?

4.8 million

How many people are homeless because of the quake?

11 million

How high could the homeless number possibly go?

Wenchuan County, Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture

Where was the epicenter?

2 minutes

How long did the earthquake last?

80%

What percentage of buildings were destroyed?

8.0 Ms and 7.9 Mw

What was the magnitude of the earthquake?

2 minutes

How long did the main tremor last?

almost 80%

What percentage of buildings were destroyed during the quake?

Longmenshan fault

On what fault did the earthquake occur?

along the border of the Indo-Australian Plate and Eurasian Plate

Where is the Longmenshan fault located?

120 sec

How long did the rupture last?

10 km

How deep was the focus of the earthquake?

Longmenshan fault

Along what fault line did the quake happen?

Yingxiu-Beichuan fracture

On which fracture did the quake focus?

first 80 sec.

When wasmost of the energy released during the initial eruption?

9 meters

What was the most displacement caused by the earthquake?

April 30, 2008

When was the confidential written report sent to the State Seismological Bureau?

1972

When was Geng's drought-earthquake correlation theory released?

written report

What did researcher Geng Qingguo say was sent to the State Seismological Bureau?

significant earthquake in Ngawa Prefecture

What did this report warn about?

around May 8

What was the predicted time of the quake?

droughts

What did Geng long try to establish as a relationship with earthquakes?

reports predicting the earthquake

What did an official with the Seismological Bureau deny receiving?

up to 9 meters

How large was the displacement?

Tom Parsons

Who warned of possible seismic activity in the area beforehand?

9 meters

What did the United States Geological Survey show as the amount of displacement?

240 km long

How long was the fault where the quake occurred?

20 km deep

How deep is the fault?

northeastern and southwestern ends

Where on the fault is the possibility of future earthquakes increased?

high risk

What did Tom Parsons consider as the risk factor for strong future quakes?

6,000 people

How many people were killed in the Hanshin earthquake?

in two stages

How did Yuji Yagi say the quake happened?

Longmenshan Fault

What fault tore in two places?

shallowness of the epicenter

Besides the population density, what else contributed to the severity of the quake?

30 times

How much greater was the energy of this quake than that released in the earthquake of 1995 in Japan?

firmness of the terrain

Why did the seismic waves travel so far?

Between 64 and 104

How many aftershocks were there?

within 72 hours of the main quake.

When were the aftershocks recorded?

on August 5, 2008

When did the latest magnitude 6 aftershock occur?

Between 64 and 104

How many aftershocks were there within 72 hours?

42,719

What do the Chinese say is the total number of shocks after the quake?

6.4 MS

What did the strongest aftershock measure?

246

How many shocks ranged from 4.0 MS to 4.9 MS?

August 5, 2008

At what date did the most recent aftershock above 6 MS occur?

August 30, 2008

When did this earthquake occur?

southern Sichuan

Where did this earthquake occur?

because it was caused by a different fault.

Why was it not included in the series?

2008 Panzhihua earthquake

Where should you look for more details?

southern Sichuan

Where was the August 30, 2008 quake?

Ms 6.1

What was the magnitude of the southern Sichuan quake?

Panzhihua earthquake

What earthquake happened in southern Sichuan?

CEA

Who published the map of the earthquakes intensity?

XI

What was the intensity scaled at?

very destructive

What does the China Seismic Intensity Scale call the earthquake?

very disastrous

How did the USGS rate the earthquake?

Yingxiu, Wenchuan

What town was closest to the main epicenter?

the eastern border of the Tibetan Plateau

Where is the Longmenshan Fault located?

3.5 metres

What is the average slip in the Beichuan Fault?

3 metres

How large was the slip 30 km northeast of the fault?

2 metres

What was the vertical average slip on the Guanxian-Anxian fault?

2.3 metres

What was the horizontal average slip on the Guanxian-Anxian fault?

Tibetan Plateau

Where is the Longmen shan fault located?

Longmen Shan Fault System

Where are the Beichuan and Guanxian-Anxian Faults?

3.5 metres

What was the average vertical slip in the Beichaun Fault?

3.5 metres

What was the horizontal slippage in the Beichuan Fault at the epicenter?

4.8 metres

What was the horizontal slippage perpendicular to the fault?

Shanghai's financial district

Where were office buildings evacuated?

calm

How did a receptionist describe the atmosphere after the evacuation?

10 minutes

How long were workers in Ford Plant evacuated for?

Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport

Which airport was shut down?

May 12

When did the airport re-open?

evacuated

What happened to office buildings in Shanghai?

Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport

Which airport was shut down?

disruption in air traffic services

Why were flights delayed and diverted?

relief operations

What were they using the airport to stage for?

in Chengdu

Where did the reporters say they saw cracks on walls of some buildings?

Beijing

Where were office towers evacuated?

Hui County, Gansu

Where did a cargo train derail as a result?

caught on fire

What happened to the cargo train?

cracks on walls

What was reported in Chengdu?

office towers

What was evacuated in Beijing?

venues

What part of the Olympic area was not damaged?

Hui County, Gansu

Where did a cargo train derail?

rail was distorted

Why did the train catch fire?

All of the highways

How many highways leading into Wenchuan were damaged?

80%

What percentage of building collapsed in Beichuan?

Dujiangyan

Where did two chemical plants collapse?

60

How many students out of the 900 in the school, survived the collapse?

All of the highways

What highways into Wenchuan were damaged?

delayed arrival

What did the damaged roadways cause to the rescue operations?

80%

How many of the buildings in Beichuan collapsed?