The 2008 Sichuan earthquake in China's Sichuan province was a deadly magnitude 8.0 earthquake that killed over 68,000 people and injured 374,643 others. The earthquake devastated Sichuan province, especially its capital city of Chengdu. It was caused by the collision of the Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates. The earthquake had widespread social and economic impacts, destroying homes and infrastructure while also causing long-term psychological damage to survivors.

1. Sichuan Earthquake
China
2008

2. Basic information
• The 2008 Sichuan earthquake or the
Great Sichuan Earthquake was a deadly
earthquake that measured at 8.0 and 7.9 it
occurred at 2:28 May 12, 2008 in Sichuan
province of China and killed at least
68,000 people

3. Sichuan?
• The Sichuan province is located in
Southwestern China with its capital
Chengdu.
sichuan

4. The earthquake
• The earthquake was one of the worst in
the world with over 68,712 dead and
374,643 people injured the Strong
aftershocks, some exceeding magnitude
6, continued to hit the area 2 weeks
after the earthquake of the magnitude 8.0
hit!

5. Affected area
• The area affected was almost all of
Sichuan
• This devastated over a million people

6. Causes
• The main cause was plate tectonics
• This is when the continental plates under
the ground witch are floating on boiling hot
lava collide.
• This particular earthquake happened
when the Indian plate hit the Eurasian
plate

7. This is the bit
of the earth
we use the
crust
This is the
constantly
moving magma
thousands of
kilometres
beneath our feet
This is the
hottest part of
the world the
CORE!!!
This is when the
plates collide to
make an
earthquake
OUR WORLD

8. The Social Effects
The earthquake destroyed many homes and
killed many people but these people have
endured one of the worst psychological and
physical affects ever.
THE COST
This disaster cost over six million uk pounds of
damage in the industries alone, mud slides and
cracked roads slowed down medical supplies
the town was destroyed and now it is a ghost
town

9. Long term affects
• People have not been back to the town
even today because it is to dangerous
• Lots of belongings have been left behind
but the uk and the us offered help and set
up troops in china to help people who
need it.

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