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China : Earthquake : 2008/05/12
GLIDE: EQ-2008-000062-CHN  DRR & Disaster Information

Duration 2008/05/12
Country
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District
China
Name Earthquake
Outline On 12 May 2008, an earthquake of magnitude 7.9 and depth 19km occurred in China (Sichuan).

Headline(Source, Date)
Personal Injury Material Damage Others
Xinhua News 2008/09/18
Dead: 69,227
Missing: 17,923 (Unchanged)
Injured: 374,643 (Unchanged)


Xhinhua News 2008/08/21
Dead: 69,226
Missing: 17,923
Injured: 374,643


Xinhua News 2008/08/11
Dead: 69,225
Missing: 17,939
Injured: 374,640


Xinhua News 2008/08/07
Dead: 69,222
Missing: 18,176
Injured: 374,638


Xinhua News 2008/07/24
Dead: 69,197
Missing: 18,222
Injured: 374,176


Xinhua News 2008/06/26
Dead: 69,185
Missing: 18,457
Injured: 374,174


Xinhua 2008/06/14
Dead: 69,170
Missing: 17,428
Injured: 374,159
Evacuated: 1,410,000


Xinhua News 2008/06/10
Dead: 69,146
Missing: 17,516
Injured: 374,072


Xinhua News 2008/06/08
Dead: 69,136
Missing: 17,686
Injured: 374,061


Xinhua News 2008/06/05
Dead: 69,127
Missing: 17,918
Injured: 373,612
Affected: 45,710,000


Xinhua News 2008/06/02
Dead: 69,019
Missing: 18,627
Injured:373,573
Affected: 45,550,000


Xinhua News 2008/05/29
Dead: 68,516
Missing: 19,350
Injured: 365,399
Evacuated: 15,148,840


Xinhua News 2008/05/29
Dead: 68,109
Missing: 19,851
Injured: 364,552


Xinhua News 2008/05/27
Dead: 67,183
Injured: 361,822
Missing: 20,790
Affected: more than 45,610,000
Evacuated: 15,000,000


Xinhua News 2008/05/25
Dead: 62,664
Injured: 358,816
Missing: 23,775


Xinhua News 2008/05/23 [Sichuan province]
Dead: 55,239
Injured: 281,066
Missing: 24,949


Xinhua News 2008/05/22
Dead: 51,151
Injured: 288,431
Missing: 29,328


Xinhua News 2008/05/21
Dead: 41,353
Injured: 274,683
Missing: 32,666


Xinhua News 2008/05/20
Dead: 40,075
Injured: 247,645
Missing: 32,361
Collapsed buildings: about 5,360,000
Damaged buildings: more than 21,000,000

Xinhua News 2008/05/19
Dead: 34,073
Injured: 245,108


Xinhua News 2008/05/18
Death 32,477
injured 220,109


Xinhua News 2008/05/15 [Sichuan Province]
Dead: 19,509
Buried: 12,300
Injured: 102,103


OCHA Situation Report No.2 2008/05/14
Dead: around 15,000
Buried: over 25,000
Missing: 14,000
Injured: 64,746 (Sichuan province)


Xinhua News 2008/05/14 [Gansu province]
Dead: 206
Injured: 2,179
Evacuated: 21,100
Totally Damaged Houses: 32,400
Partially Damaged Houses: 101,700

Reuters AlertNet 2008/05/13
Dead: More than 10,000

Reuters AlertNet 2008/05/12
Dead: 7,651


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