What year was the Sichuan earthquake?

The Sichuan earthquake occurred on May 12, 2008. 5 12 Wenchuan earthquake occurred in May 2008 12 Beijing time 14: 28: 04. The epicenter was located at the junction of Yingxiu Town and Xuankou Town, Wenchuan County, Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province, 92 kilometers west-northwest of Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan Province.

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Wenchuan Earthquake on May12,2008 —— May12,2008: The epicenter of the great earthquake is complex, and all dislocated fault planes should be regarded as the epicenter. The dislocation fault of Wenchuan earthquake is 300 kilometers, so the microcosmic epicenter determined by the instrument is the initial location of fault rupture, and the initial rupture of Wenchuan earthquake is in Yingxiu town. In addition, the most seriously damaged regional center is the macro-epicenter, and the most seriously damaged area of Wenchuan earthquake, that is, the area with the intensity of 1 1 degree, has two sections, one in Yingxiu and the other in Beichuan, both of which are macro-epicenters.

5. The epicenter of the 12 earthquake is a nearly "straight line" from Wenchuan to Beichuan, about12 km. This belt, the Longmenshan belt, has some "point" and some "line" sources. Let me give a simple example to illustrate that when a stone is thrown into the river, the ripples are circular and a wooden stick is thrown into the river horizontally.

According to the cities affected by the Wenchuan earthquake with the same intensity, it can be concluded that the areas with the same intensity are marked by points and connected, showing an oblong structure. So the earthquake center of Wenchuan earthquake is a line, from Wenchuan to Beichuan.