Case Study of Earthquakes LEDC - Sichuan, China

The Facts

• Happened on 12th May 2008
• Magnitude 7.9
• Epicentre 50 miles away from the 7.6 million person megacity.
• The earthquake occured along the Lonmenshan fault, a thrust structure along the border of the Indo-Australian plate and Eurasian Plate.
• 70,000 people died.
• 400,000 were injured.
• 5 million were…