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Sichuan Earthquake 2008 (Effect 1: Poor infrastructure (More than 1.5…
Sichuan Earthquake 2008
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About the earthquake
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The epicentre was on Longmen Shan Fault, a zone where tectonically related faults act as a boundary mark between the high Tibetan Plateau and Sichuan Basin Lowlands
The earthquake was centred 7.6 miles below the surface, which is relatively shallow
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The sediments in the Sichuan Basins cause the seismic waves to slow down as it travels through the ground, shaking the ground more as it passes through
Over 69,000 people were killed or missing
The second costliest earthquake during 1900-2013, behind the Tohoku earthquake
Highest homeless count of 4,800,000 people displaced
It struck the city during the middle of a working day, and nobody was prepared
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