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Case Study: 2008 Sichuan Earthquake

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2008 Sichuan Earthquake

2008 Sichuan EarthquakeCausesMagnitude 8.0 earthquakeTremors also felt in Hong Kong, Shanghai, Macau,Thailand, Vietnam, Mongolia, India, Pakistan and Russia.EffectsApporoxiametly 87,150 people were killed4,800,000 people werehomeless$137.5 billion was spent ondamaged buildingsMany rivers and roads were blocked bylandslidesResponsesOn Children's Day, parents come to schools and mourn their prays at theirchildren who died. Students who survived also contributed. Parents alsostayed behind to take part like cooking for the students.Indo-Australian plate & Eurasian plate sliding past each other. Thisplate boundary could be seen at 龙门山 Fault.Studies say the earthquake was caused by adam.A lot of people were injured.2aftershocksEarthquake lasts for 3minutes.Since schools were poorly built, a lot of children were killed atschools.80% of the buildings weredestroyedInternational Aid (for the first time in history that China did this)Also, parents blamed the locals for killing their children.Transportation links are all down (electricity, water, gas,WiFi)Double click this nodeto edit the textClick and drag this buttonto create a new node