821389
Sichuan
- Cause
- Eurasian and Indian plates
- Collision plate boundary
- Neither subducts, plates crumple
- Pressure builds until one plate jolts
- Energy is released as shockwaves through crust
- Eurasian and Indian plates
- Facts
- May 12th 2008
- China
- Earthquake tremors lasted 2 mins
- 8.0 Richter scale
- focus 19 km below crust
- epicentre in Wenchuan County
- May 12th 2008
- Effects
- Primary
- Death toll - 70,000
- 18,000 missing
- 370,000 injured
- In rural areas 80% of buildings collapsed
- Death toll - 70,000
- Secondary
- Primary
- Responses
- Immediate
- 200,000 evacuated from below
quake lake Tangjiashan
- 20 rescue helicopters
- Donations to Red Cross £100million in fortnight
- 200,000 evacuated from below
quake lake Tangjiashan
- Long Term
- Chinese Government invested $1.6 billion to construct new town
- Parents of children killed protested
- Unclogging of rivers
- Education of citizens
- Chinese Government invested $1.6 billion to construct new town
- Immediate
¿Quieres crear tus propios Mapas Mentales gratis con GoConqr? Más información.