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make a detailed preliminary survey of damaged buildings	What did the team of engineers do?
a variety of reasons why many constructions failed to withstand the earthquake.	What did their findings show?
team of engineers	After the quake what kind of international team was sent to the area?
survey of damaged buildings	What was the team sent to China to make?
variety of reasons	What kind of reasons do their findings show?
the poorer, rural villages	What areas were the hardest hit?
Swaminathan Krishnan	Who was an assistant professor of civil engineering and geophysics at the California Institute of Technology?
rural part	What part of China did the earthquake occur in?
not designed	What did Swaminathan Krishnan mean when he said the buildings were just built?
very strong	What manner of building codes are there in China?
regulations	What were many of these old buildings built without?
$75 billion	What is an estimate of the economic loss from the quake?
minor damage	What damage did the major Sichuan cities have?
US$75 billion	What is an estimate of losses to economics?
Chinese history	Whose is this one of the costliest disasters in history of?
five largest cities	Which cities in Sichuan had minor damage?
420,000	How many buildings collapsed as a result of the May 27th aftershocks?
6.0 Mw	How strong was the May 25 aftershock in Qingchuan county?
1000	How many people were injured in the May 25 aftershock?
more than 420,000	How many homes were destroyed because of the May 27 aftershocks?
63	During the May 27 aftershock, how many people were injured?
Qingchuan, Sichuan	Where was the aftershock of August 5 that caused widespread hill slides?
Wei Hong	Who was the executive vice governor?
200,000	How many homes were rebuilt?
1.94 million	How many homes were left without permanent shelter?
1,300	How many schools were reconstructed?
Wei Hong	Who spoke about the dead and missing people on November 21, 2008?
90,000	How many people did Wei Hong say were dead or missing?
200,000	How many homes had been rebuilt?
685,000	How many houses were still under construction?
1.94 million	How many families were still without permanent homes?
Premier Wen Jiabao	Who flew to the earthquake area 90 minutes after it hit?
geomechanics	What was Premier Wen Jiabao's background in?
the rescue work	What did Jiabao oversee in the region?
50,000	How many troops were dispatched by the Chengdu military?
90 minutes after	How soon after the earthquake was Premier Wen Jiabao on his way to the area?
ten	How many medical teams were sent to Wenchuan county?
50,000	How many troops were sent to the area for relief work?
proximity of the quake's epicenter	Besides the rough terrain, why was it difficult to get to the area?
Level II emergency contingency plan	What did the National Disaster Relief Commission initiate?
the most serious class of natural disasters	What does a Level II emergency contingency plan cover?
at 22:15 CST, May 12	When did the plan rise to Level I?
Level II emergency	What level alert was instated for the quake?
most serious	What class of disasters is a level II emergency?
Level II	What level was the disaster set at 22:15 CST, May 12?
National Disaster Relief Commission	What department initiated the emergency contingency plan?
184	How many people were in the earthquake emergency relief team?
12	How many of the relief team were from the State Seismological Bureau?
150	How many of the team were from the military?
22	How many of the team were from the police?
earthquake emergency relief	What kind of team left Beijing to go to Wenchuan?
184	How many people comprised the relief team?
150	How many soldiers were from the Beijing Military?
Armed Police General Hospital	Where did 22 of the relief team come from?
in two military transport planes	How did the relief team travel to Wenchuan county?
a close analysis by an alleged Chinese construction engineer	What did the China Digital Times report?
Book Blade	Who was the construction engineer known as?
China Digital Times	Where was an article reported about the scandal?
Book Blade	What was the name of the person who published a report in the China Digital Times?
Children's Day	What was June 1, 2008 called?
living in relief centres	Where were most of the surviving children?
performed ceremonies	What did these children do on that day?
rubble of schools	Where did parents go to mourn their children?
June 1	When is Children's Day?
in relief centres	Where were surviving children living?
more than $48.6 million	How much did central state-owned enterprises donate?
10 million yuan	How much did China National Petroleum Corp and Sinopec donate?
48.6 million	How much have Central state enterprises donated?
10 million yuan each	How much did China National Petroleum and Sinopec donate?
$457 million	How much did China receive in donated money and goods?
19 countries	How many countries donated?
four	How many international organizations donated?
Saudi Arabia	What country was the largest aid donor to China?
€40,000,000	How much financial assistance did Saudi Arabia give China?
83 million	How much money was donated from foreign sources?
Saudi Arabia	What country was the largest aid donor to China?
four	How many international organizations made donations?
a counterpart support plan	What did the State Council establish in 2008?
3 years	How long did the plan last?
counterpart support plan	What did the state council set up in 2008?
one province to one affected county	What is the basis for this plan?
3 years	How long is the plan due to last?
one percent	What is the cost per province's budget?
that the sudden shift of a huge quantity of water into the region could have relaxed the tension between the two sides of the fault, allowing them to move apart, and could have increased the direct pressure on it, causing a violent rupture	What was concluded about the construction?
Zipingpu Dam	What structure did an article contemplate could have caused the quake?
25 times more	What was the affect of the dam on the stresses in that area?
The government	Who disregarded warnings about dams in the area?
seismically active	What type of area is Sichuan?
access to seismological and geological data	What have researchers been denied?
opportunities for researchers to retrofit data in order to model future earthquake predictions	What did the earthquake allow?
the time of the 2008 Sichuan earthquake	What did the professors predict?
time prediction method	What did they try to establish?
statistics	What did they collect to use in this method?
that earthquake prediction was a global issue	What was stated in the press conference?
no proven methods exist	What do many geologists believe about earthquake prediction?
a global issue	What kind of issue is earthquake prediction?
no prediction notification	What was received before the quake occurred?
did not see anything	What did seismologist Gary Gibson have to say about the prediction of the quake?
In 2002	When was a Seismic Risk Analysis published?
Chen Xuezhong	Who published the Seismic Risk Analysis?

make a detailed preliminary survey of damaged buildings

What did the team of engineers do?

a variety of reasons why many constructions failed to withstand the earthquake.

What did their findings show?

team of engineers

After the quake what kind of international team was sent to the area?

survey of damaged buildings

What was the team sent to China to make?

variety of reasons

What kind of reasons do their findings show?

the poorer, rural villages

What areas were the hardest hit?

Swaminathan Krishnan

Who was an assistant professor of civil engineering and geophysics at the California Institute of Technology?

rural part

What part of China did the earthquake occur in?

not designed

What did Swaminathan Krishnan mean when he said the buildings were just built?

very strong

What manner of building codes are there in China?

regulations

What were many of these old buildings built without?

$75 billion

What is an estimate of the economic loss from the quake?

minor damage

What damage did the major Sichuan cities have?

US$75 billion

What is an estimate of losses to economics?

Chinese history

Whose is this one of the costliest disasters in history of?

five largest cities

Which cities in Sichuan had minor damage?

420,000

How many buildings collapsed as a result of the May 27th aftershocks?

6.0 Mw

How strong was the May 25 aftershock in Qingchuan county?

1000

How many people were injured in the May 25 aftershock?

more than 420,000

How many homes were destroyed because of the May 27 aftershocks?

63

During the May 27 aftershock, how many people were injured?

Qingchuan, Sichuan

Where was the aftershock of August 5 that caused widespread hill slides?

Wei Hong

Who was the executive vice governor?

200,000

How many homes were rebuilt?

1.94 million

How many homes were left without permanent shelter?

1,300

How many schools were reconstructed?

Wei Hong

Who spoke about the dead and missing people on November 21, 2008?

90,000

How many people did Wei Hong say were dead or missing?

200,000

How many homes had been rebuilt?

685,000

How many houses were still under construction?

1.94 million

How many families were still without permanent homes?

Premier Wen Jiabao

Who flew to the earthquake area 90 minutes after it hit?

geomechanics

What was Premier Wen Jiabao's background in?

the rescue work

What did Jiabao oversee in the region?

50,000

How many troops were dispatched by the Chengdu military?

90 minutes after

How soon after the earthquake was Premier Wen Jiabao on his way to the area?

ten

How many medical teams were sent to Wenchuan county?

50,000

How many troops were sent to the area for relief work?

proximity of the quake's epicenter

Besides the rough terrain, why was it difficult to get to the area?

Level II emergency contingency plan

What did the National Disaster Relief Commission initiate?

the most serious class of natural disasters

What does a Level II emergency contingency plan cover?

at 22:15 CST, May 12

When did the plan rise to Level I?

Level II emergency

What level alert was instated for the quake?

most serious

What class of disasters is a level II emergency?

Level II

What level was the disaster set at 22:15 CST, May 12?

National Disaster Relief Commission

What department initiated the emergency contingency plan?

184

How many people were in the earthquake emergency relief team?

12

How many of the relief team were from the State Seismological Bureau?

150

How many of the team were from the military?

22

How many of the team were from the police?

earthquake emergency relief

What kind of team left Beijing to go to Wenchuan?

184

How many people comprised the relief team?

150

How many soldiers were from the Beijing Military?

Armed Police General Hospital

Where did 22 of the relief team come from?

in two military transport planes

How did the relief team travel to Wenchuan county?

a close analysis by an alleged Chinese construction engineer

What did the China Digital Times report?

Book Blade

Who was the construction engineer known as?

China Digital Times

Where was an article reported about the scandal?

Book Blade

What was the name of the person who published a report in the China Digital Times?

Children's Day

What was June 1, 2008 called?

living in relief centres

Where were most of the surviving children?

performed ceremonies

What did these children do on that day?

rubble of schools

Where did parents go to mourn their children?

June 1

When is Children's Day?

in relief centres

Where were surviving children living?

more than $48.6 million

How much did central state-owned enterprises donate?

10 million yuan

How much did China National Petroleum Corp and Sinopec donate?

48.6 million

How much have Central state enterprises donated?

10 million yuan each

How much did China National Petroleum and Sinopec donate?

$457 million

How much did China receive in donated money and goods?

19 countries

How many countries donated?

four

How many international organizations donated?

Saudi Arabia

What country was the largest aid donor to China?

€40,000,000

How much financial assistance did Saudi Arabia give China?

83 million

How much money was donated from foreign sources?

Saudi Arabia

What country was the largest aid donor to China?

four

How many international organizations made donations?

a counterpart support plan

What did the State Council establish in 2008?

3 years

How long did the plan last?

counterpart support plan

What did the state council set up in 2008?

one province to one affected county

What is the basis for this plan?

3 years

How long is the plan due to last?

one percent

What is the cost per province's budget?

that the sudden shift of a huge quantity of water into the region could have relaxed the tension between the two sides of the fault, allowing them to move apart, and could have increased the direct pressure on it, causing a violent rupture

What was concluded about the construction?

Zipingpu Dam

What structure did an article contemplate could have caused the quake?

25 times more

What was the affect of the dam on the stresses in that area?

The government

Who disregarded warnings about dams in the area?

seismically active

What type of area is Sichuan?

access to seismological and geological data

What have researchers been denied?

opportunities for researchers to retrofit data in order to model future earthquake predictions

What did the earthquake allow?

the time of the 2008 Sichuan earthquake

What did the professors predict?

time prediction method

What did they try to establish?

statistics

What did they collect to use in this method?

that earthquake prediction was a global issue

What was stated in the press conference?

no proven methods exist

What do many geologists believe about earthquake prediction?

a global issue

What kind of issue is earthquake prediction?

no prediction notification

What was received before the quake occurred?

did not see anything

What did seismologist Gary Gibson have to say about the prediction of the quake?

In 2002

When was a Seismic Risk Analysis published?

Chen Xuezhong

Who published the Seismic Risk Analysis?