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2008 Sichuan earthquake

earthquake in China
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2008 Sichuan earthquake
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Summary

2008 Sichuan earthquake is an earthquake[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of earthquake entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,059 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: People's Republic of China[3]
  • Location: Sichuan[4]
  • Commons category: 2008 Sichuan earthquake[5]
  • Point in time: May 12, 2008[6]
  • Topic's main category: Category:2008 Sichuan earthquake[7]
  • Number of deaths: 69,195[8]
  • Number of injured: 375,000[9]
  • Topic has template: Template:2008 Sichuan earthquake[10]
  • Earthquake magnitude on the moment magnitude scale: 8[11]
  • Earthquake magnitude on the Richter magnitude scale: 7.95[12]
  • Vertical depth: 19 km[13]
  • Fault: Longmenshan Fault[14]

Why It Matters

2008 Sichuan earthquake has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] It is known by 98 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

Related Entities

People's Republic of China

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . news.sina.com.cn. news.sina.com.cn. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . geofon.gfz-potsdam.de. geofon.gfz-potsdam.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  2. 22w ago · AnnaMehta · 2026-05-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Number of deaths → {'amount': '+69195'}
    Local thumb → —
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    Vertical depth → {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+19'}
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