2013 Lushan earthquake
  Chengdu
 Ya'an
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| Date | April 20, 2013 |
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| Magnitude | Mw 7.0 (GA) Ms 7.0 (CENC) Mw 6.6 (USGS) Mw 6.6 (EMSC) Mj 6.9 (JMA) |
| Depth | < 13 km (8.1 mi) |
| Epicenter |
30°17′02″N 102°57′22″E / 30.28389°N 102.95611°ECoordinates: 30°17′02″N 102°57′22″E / 30.28389°N 102.95611°E Lushan County, Sichuan |
| Areas affected | People's Republic of China (Sichuan, Chongqing, Shaanxi) |
| Aftershocks | 1,815 |
| Casualties |
193 dead |
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| Chinese | 雅安地震 | ||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 蘆山地震 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 芦山地震 | ||||||
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Yă'ān Dìzhèn |
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| Hanyu Pinyin | Lúshān Dìzhèn |
193 dead
23 missing
15,554 injured
The Lushan earthquake or Ya'an earthquake (Tibetan: Yak-ngai Sayom གཡག་རྔ་ཡི་ས་ཡོམ་) occurred at 08:02 Beijing Time (00:02 UTC) on April 20, 2013. The epicenter was located in Lushan County, Ya'an, Sichuan, about 116 km (72 mi) from Chengdu along the Longmenshan Fault in the same province heavily impacted by the 2008 Sichuan earthquake. The magnitude of the earthquake was placed at Ms 7.0 by China Earthquake Data Center, Ms 7.0 by Russian Academy of Sciences, Mw 7.0 by Geoscience Australia, Mw 6.6 by the United States Geological Survey (USGS), Mw 6.6 by the European Alert System (EMSC) and Mj 6.9 by the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA). 1,815 aftershocks have been recorded as of 00:00 (UTC+8h) April 22.
The earthquake has resulted in 196 people dead, 24 missing, at least 11,826 injured with more than 968 seriously injured as of 5:00 PM (UTC+8h, April 20). Sichuan provincial government has held the 3rd press conference on April 21, reported that the earthquake has resulted in 186 people dead, 21 missing, 11248 injured and 852 of them seriously as of 2:00 PM (UTC+8h, April 21), this is still the latest official report. Several townships suffered major damage, and many old buildings in Lushan collapsed. The electricity service was interrupted, and the electricity grids in the counties of Baoxing, Lushan, and Tianquan disintegrated. Telecommunication was interrupted in part of Ya'an. The Chengdu–Ya'an and Ya'an–Xichang sections of the G5 Beijing–Kunming Expressway were reserved exclusively for vehicles for rescue purpose and closed to other vehicles. The Xiaojin section (小金段) of Sichuan Provincial Highway 210 between Baoshan (宝山) and Lushan was interrupted. A debris dam appeared in Jinjixia (金鸡峡) of the Yuxi River (玉溪河) in Lushan. 2 volunteers were injured seriously in a traffic accident on the way to Lushan. However, around 60 giant pandas in the BiFengXia National Nature Reserve in Ya'an, were left unharmed by the devastating earthquake.
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