Location of the landslide in Xinmo Village, about 170 km to the north of Chengdu | |
| Native name | 2017年茂县山体垮塌事件 |
|---|---|
| English name | 2017 Sichuan landslide |
| Date | 24 June 2017 (23 June 2017) |
| Time | 5:38:55 CST (21:38 UTC 23 June)[1] |
| Location | Xinmo Village, Diexi Town, Mao County, Ngawa Prefecture, Sichuan Province (四川省阿坝藏族羌族自治州茂县叠溪镇新磨村)[2] |
| Coordinates | 32°03′59″N 103°39′01″E / 32.0663°N 103.6504°E |
| Casualties | |
| 10 dead (as of 10:00 27 June 2017)[3] | |
| 73 missing (as of 10:00 27 June 2017)[3] | |
| Deaths | 10 killed |
| Missing | 73 missing |
A landslide occurred at about 05:38 local time on 24 June 2017 in Diexi Town, Mao County, Sichuan Province in south-western China. It destroyed 40 homes in Xinmo Village and killed 10 people, with a further 73 people missing, as of 27 June.[1] A second smaller landslide at around 17:19 impeded rescue efforts.
- ^ a b Fan, Xuanmei; Xu, Qiang; Scaringi, Gianvito; Dai, Lanxin; Li, Weile; Xiujun, Dong; Zhu, Xing; Pei, Xiangjun; Dai, Keren (10 October 2017). "Failure mechanism and kinematics of the deadly June 24th 2017 Xinmo landslide, Maoxian, Sichuan, China". Landslides. 14 (6): 2129–2146. doi:10.1007/s10346-017-0907-7. S2CID 133681894.
- ^ "牵挂·守望·搜救——四川茂县山体垮塌灾害３６小时救援纪实". Xinhua News Agency. 26 June 2017.
- ^ a b 雷兹等 (27 June 2017). "茂县滑坡灾害已有35人确认安全 仍有73人失联". 四川新闻网. 四川新闻. Archived from the original on 14 February 2019. Retrieved 27 June 2017.