Something to keep in mind about the Richter Scale, is that an 8.0 earthquake is 10 times more powerful than a 7.0 earthquake. Here is a photo from space, of the affected area (prior to the quake). The number of people living in this area, floors me.
•Definition: Total population at the end of 2007 (in 10,000 persons) •Data Source: National Bureau of Statistics of China
Provinces of the Earthquake Areas: • •Total Population: 47,211 •Henan 9,360 •Sichuan 8,127 •Hunan 6,355 •Hubei 5,699 •Yunnan 4,514 •Guizhou 3,975 •Shaanxi 3,748 •Chongqing 2,816 •Gansu 2,617 •
Earthquake Location and Magnitude
• Center of Earthquake : Wenchuan County, Sichuan, China
• Lat/Log: 30.989°N, 103.329°E
• Magnitude: 8.0 (updated on May 18, 2008)
• Time: Monday, May 12, 2008 at 14:28PM, Beijing TimeDeaths Reported by province: 1 Hunan, 1 Hubei, 1 Yunnan, 1 Guizhou, 2 Henan, 16 Chongqing, 113 Shaanxi, 364 Gansu, 39577 Sichuan
Information courtesy UofMichigan’s China Data Center which is updated daily for now.
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Zhu | 22-May-08 at 6:58 pm | Permalink
I’m used to China’s demographic so I’m not as surprised. But the violence of the earthquake is shocking.