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2008 Natural Disasters: 2008 Sichuan Earthquake, Global Storm Activity of 2008, Iowa Flood of 2008, 2008 Chinese Winter Storms, Typhoon Jangmi

2008 Natural Disasters: 2008 Sichuan Earthquake, Global Storm Activity of 2008, Iowa Flood of 2008, 2008 Chinese Winter Storms, Typhoon Jangmi


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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 41. Chapters: 2008 Sichuan earthquake, Global storm activity of 2008, Iowa flood of 2008, 2008 Chinese winter storms, Typhoon Jangmi, January 2008 Western North American super storm, Nevado del Huila, 2008 Bandar Abbas earthquake, 2008 Queensland storms, Emma, 2008 Bukit Antarabangsa landslide, Sans Souci Island, Flathead Valley avalanches, 2008. Excerpt: The 2008 Sichuan earthquake or the Great Sichuan Earthquake was a deadly earthquake that measured at 8.0 Ms and 7.9 Mw occurred at 14:28:01 CST (06:28 UTC) on Monday, May 12, 2008 in Sichuan province of China, killing an estimated 68,000 people. It is also known as the Wenchuan earthquake (Chinese: pinyin: Wenchu n da dizhen), after the location of the earthquake's epicenter, Wenchuan County in Sichuan province. The epicenter was 80 kilometres (50 mi) west-northwest of Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan, with a focal depth of 19 kilometres (12 mi). The earthquake was also felt in nearby countries and as far away as both Beijing and Shanghai-1,500 kilometres (932 mi) and 1,700 kilometres (1,056 mi) away-where office buildings swayed with the tremor. Official figures (as of July 21, 2008 12:00 CST) state that 69,197 are confirmed dead, including 68,636 in Sichuan province, and 374,176 injured, with 18,222 listed as missing. The earthquake left about 4.8 million people homeless, though the number could be as high as 11 million. Approximately 15 million people lived in the affected area. It was the deadliest earthquake to hit China since the 1976 Tangshan earthquake, which killed at least 240,000 people, and the strongest since the 1950 Chayu earthquake in the country, which registered at 8.5 on Richter magnitude scale. It is the 21st deadliest earthquake of all time. Strong aftershocks, some exceeding magnitude 6, continued to hit the area even months after the main quake, causing n...


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  • ISBN-13: 9781156820223
  • Publisher: Books LLC, Wiki Series
  • Publisher Imprint: Books LLC, Wiki Series
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 42
  • Spine Width: 2 mm
  • Weight: 95 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1156820227
  • Publisher Date: 16 Sep 2011
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: 2008 Sichuan Earthquake, Global Storm Activity of 2008, Iowa Flood of 2008, 2008 Chinese Winter Storms, Typhoon Jangmi
  • Width: 189 mm


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