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When was the Wenchuan earthquake in China?
5. 12 Wenchuan Earthquake, also known as "Wenchuan Earthquake", occurred on May 2008 12 Beijing time 14.28: 4, and its epicenter was located in Yingxiu Town, Wenchuan County, Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province.
According to the revised data of Seismological Bureau of China, the magnitude of surface wave of Wenchuan earthquake on 5. 12 was 8.0. According to the data of Japan Meteorological Agency, the seismic wave of Wenchuan earthquake on May 12 confirmed that * * * circled the earth 6 times.
The earthquake affected most parts of China and many countries and regions in Asia. The earthquake was felt in Inner Mongolia in the north of China, Shanghai in the east, Tibet in the west, Hong Kong in China and Taiwan Province Province in China in the south, and Thailand, Viet Nam, the Philippines and Japan outside China.
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Meteorological disasters caused by Wenchuan earthquake have had a great impact on disaster relief and industrial and agricultural production. From May 12 to May 14, 2008, the weather in Wenchuan County, the hardest hit area, has been cloudy with showers or thunderstorms, which makes it more difficult for people to save themselves and provide disaster relief, and at the same time leads to the difficulty of using airplanes to participate in rescue when roads and other lifelines are blocked. Other areas in the hardest hit areas are also facing similar weather phenomena.
The earthquake also caused the risk factor of damaged reservoirs to double. According to the report of the National Disaster Reduction Committee, there are 2,473 reservoirs in danger due to the Wenchuan earthquake in China, including Sichuan Reservoir 1803. There are various types of reservoirs damaged by earthquake.
Among the dangerous reservoirs in Sichuan, 66.3% have cracks, 34.4% have leakage, 12.4% have collapsed dam slopes, 8. 1% have deformed hoist equipment, and 16. 1% have other dangers.
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