90 km (55 miles) WNW of Chengdu, Sichuan, China 150 km (90 miles) WSW of Mianyang, Sichuan, China 360 km (225 miles) WNW of Chongqing, Chongqing, China 1545 km (960 miles) SW of BEIJING, Beijing, China
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Earthquake Summary
The following is a release by the United States Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center: An earthquake occurred 90 km (55 miles) WNW of Chengdu, Sichuan, China and 1545 km (960 miles) SW of BEIJING, Beijing, China at 12:28 AM MDT, May 12, 2008 (2:28 PM local time in China). The magnitude and location may be revised when additional data and further analysis results are available.
Felt Reports
Some reports of damage have been received. Felt widely throughout China.
Tectonic Summary
The Sichuan earthquake of May 12, 2008, occurred as the result of motion on a northeast striking reverse fault or thrust fault on the northwestern margin of the Sichuan Basin. The earthquake’s epicenter and focal-mechanism are consistent with it having occurred as the result of movement on the Longmenshan fault or a tectonically related fault. The earthquake reflects tectonic stresses resulting from the convergence of crustal material slowly moving from the high Tibetan Plateau, to the west, against strong crust underlying the Sichuan Basin and southeastern China.
On a continental scale, the seismicity of central and eastern Asia is a result of northward convergence of the India plate against the Eurasia plate with a velocity of about 50 mm/y. The convergence of the two plates is broadly accommodated by the uplift of the Asian highlands and by the motion of crustal material to the east away from the uplifted Tibetan Plateau.
The northwestern margin of the Sichuan Basin has previously experienced destructive earthquakes. The magnitude 7.5 earthquake of August 25, 1933, killed more than 9,300 people.
======================================================== 相关记录： (From: Ifgogo.com) People in Beijing from xiaonei.com:
People in Sichuan (maybe) from Hainei.com:
A picture from my friend “potato”:
Some pictures from CNBeta.com:Thousands of frogs are moving in May,7. Maybe sometimes animals know earlier than we human beings !Houses are crashing:
Someone said that he had predicted this earthquake on May, 7 here:Is that true:? ==================================================== 视频相关： Video from ChengDu
朋友们怎么样，地震了，你们那里怎么样了？
刚才一看到消息就马上赶过来了……
看情况，Nlat同学应该没有事情了，吓死我~还怕你会出什么意外……
我们这里一切都很好，今天下午还非常隆重地举办圣火传递仪式呢。
但是现在我连说这件事的好心情都被“地震”破坏了……
但愿四川的朋友们能快点走出灾害的阴影。