2008 Sichuan earthquake

On May 12, 2008, what had seemed to be a normal day, turned into a nightmare in Sichuan, China. Buildings collapsed, people died, and survivors were completely traumatized. What had happened was a magnitude 7.9 earthquake that annihilated most of the southwest China. The epicenter of this disaster was located near the city of Dujiangyan. The earthquake was caused by the collision of the Indian-Australian and Eurasian Plates along the 155 miles long Longmenshan fault, thrusting the ground up by 29 feet. The earthquake in Sichuan had one of the most drastic influences on people, places, and China’s economy. The earthquake in Sichuan China took a massive toll on people in Sichuan. This earthquake “killed 87,587 and injured 375,000 (Deadliest Earthquakes 'of the 21st Century).” This was caused by the inability to escape from toppling buildings. This is the human toll that the earthquake of Sichuan had on people. The earthquake in Sichuan, China also had a massive social effect, mainly by the deaths that have occurred. “When people found their loved ones dead, they become devastated due to the sudden lost of loved ones. Also, those that survived may actually be traumatized after experiencing the earthquake. (9 Impacts of the…

On May 12, 2008, a disastrous earthquake, measuring at 8.0 Ms, occurred in Wenchuan County, Sichuan Province, China. The earthquake resulted from the collision between the Indo-Australian Plate and Eurasian Plate along the Longmenshan fault (Liu &Wang, 2013). As one of the most severe earthquakes happened in China, it caused a huge number of deaths and made millions of people become homeless (Zhang et al, 2012). A disaster is not only caused by the natural hazard, which is sometimes unavoidable,…

Sichuan, the center of middle-west China is one of the most beautiful and developed provinces, however, on 12 May 2008 at 2.28 p.m., a 7.9-magnitude earthquake struck Sichuan. It was the twelfth most destructive earthquake in human history and the largest disaster in China since the Tangshan earthquake in 1976. There are totally 87,000 casualties and 46 million people in Sichuan, Shaanxi and Chongqing are affected by the earthquake. Tremors were even felt by residents in Beijing and Shanghai, a…

The new media tools have allowed the people not only share and rise the awareness of the disaster but also efficiently locate and help to the people suffering because of the Earthquake. According to Varuni Khosla shortly after the earthquake “Google 's 'Person Finder: 2015 Nepal Earthquake ' gave users both the option of looking for someone or spread information about the safety of their loved ones.” (Khosla, 2015) Today media producing is a crucial aspect of peoples lives, and even though it…

no one is ready to do any to escape. This earthquake is the most destructive seism, since the founding of the people 's Republic of China. It is also one of the most serious casualties after the earthquake in Tangshan. This accident caused a total of 69,227 deaths; 17,923 missing population; 374,643 injured; and children lost their lovely of home and family member ; destroyed an entire Sichuan. When the headlines coming out being a Chinese, we are mournful. After this happened, almost every…

would-around earthquakes. It seems that structural engineers could not avoid the fact that seismic analysis has become much more significant. Earthquake will result in severe consequences such as large financial losses and companies bankrupt, people unemployed and even fatalities. Although earthquakes are not usual natural catastrophes, it is necessary to rationally analyze seismic risk on different kinds of fields like geology, earthquake monitoring and civil engineering. A recent title…

average of 80.9 years.(Spitzer) Japanese show a good example of how the human geography and physical geography work together. Sometimes human geography and physical geography didn’t work well together. The natural disaster is a good example to show the bad mutually influence between human geography and physical geography. The earthquake, the seaquake, the debris flow and collapse; these are all natural disaster, and they bring lots of trouble to human. A terrible earthquake happened in China…

invested so much of their lives in the land and get so much admiration from others. This opinion costs doubt on the movement of the author. Though he recognizes the benefits of “staying put,” Sanders still moves to Indiana, giving up the investment and refusing to “stay put.” Actually, I support the action of the author and believe the Millers made an unwise decision. Take the story of another family, the Lees, as an example. The Lees live in the Sichuan, China, a place that the big earthquake…

Xinman Dou’s study perceived family functioning and depression in bereaved parents 18 months after the 2008 Sichuan earthquake, which are important issues for many post-disaster recovery programs. The study pointed out the gender, age, being divorced or widowed, being directly exposed to the death of their kids, not having a new baby and disoriented family functioning are significant causes of severe depression. The study used the multistage stratified sampling method to choose bereaved…

The artwork of Chinese dissident Ai Weiwei is characterised by a desire to critique the political agenda of his home country’s government. Although the social activism Weiwei engages in is criminalised and often censored in China, he has won international acclaim for his work, which has been exhibited in such major cities as London, New York, Tokyo and Sao Paulo. This global admiration is made all the more impressive on the basis that Weiwei has faced strict travel restrictions, resulting in…