Group members :

Lam Long Hin(10)

Leung Ka Ho (11)
Li Chun Yin (12)
Poon Ka Yee (30)
To Yan Yu (31)
Tsang Chak Yin
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 On 12 May 2008 in
Sichuan province of
China. (14:28:01.42 ) .
 The 2008 Sichuan
earthquake occurred .
 The epicenter was
80 kilometres
west-northwest of
Chengdu, the capital of
Sichuan, with a depth
of 19 kilometres .
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 The earthquake occurred as
the result of motion on a
northeast striking
reverse fault or thrust fault
on the northwestern margin
of the Sichuan Basin .
 Collision of Eurasian Plate
and Indian Plate .
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focal-mechanism are consistent
with it having occurred as the
result of movement on the
Longmenshan fault.

The earthquake reflects tectonic

stresses resulting from the
convergence of crustal material
slowly moving from the high
Tibetan Plateau, to the west,
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 The convergence of Eurasian Plate and
Indian Plate .
 the uplift of the Himalaya and
Tibetan plateau + earthquake activity.
 This deformation
 extrusion of crustal material from
the high Tibetan Plateau in the west
towards the Sichuan Basin and
southeastern China.
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 Landslides .
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 All of the
highways
into
Wenchuan,
and others
throughout
Sichuan province
, were
damaged .
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 80% of
the
buildings
collapsed
.
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 The quake caused
65,080 known
deaths and
247,645 injured.
This figure may
increase as more.
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 Insurers' losses at US$1 billion
from the earthquake.
 Estimated total damages exceed
US$20 billion.
 It values Chengdu, Sichuan
Province’s capital city of 4.5 million
people, at around US$115 billion .
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 The massive damage of properties
and houses in the earthquake area
was because China did not get an
adequate seismic design code until
following the big
Tangshan earthquake in 1976.
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 Landslide dams frequently

fail catastropically and
lead to downstream
flooding, often with high
casualties.
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Res
 10 emergency medical teams have been
sent to Wenchuan County in southwest
China's Sichuan Province .
 50,000 troops and armed police were
dispatched to help with disaster relief
work.
 Rescue groups from South Korea, Japan,
Singapore, Russia and Taiwan join the
rescue effort .
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c u e e
R e s
 The US sent two U.S. Air Force C-
17's carrying supplies to help
China.
 Volunteers have also set up several
websites to help store contact
information for victims and
evacuees.
Donating money , clothes , blood ……

Blessing and praying ……