2013 Lushan earthquake

2013 Lushan earthquake
2013 Lushan earthquake is located in Sichuan
2013 Lushan earthquake
2013 Lushan earthquake is located in China
2013 Lushan earthquake
UTC time2013-04-20 00:02:47
ISC event607304721
USGS-ANSSComCat
Local date20 April 2013
Local time8:02 am CST
Magnitude7.0 Ms (CENC)[1]
6.6 Mw (USGS)[2]
Depth< 13 km (8.1 mi)[3]
Epicenter30°17′02″N 102°57′22″E / 30.28389°N 102.95611°E / 30.28389; 102.95611[2]
Lushan County, Sichuan
Areas affectedPeople's Republic of China (Sichuan, Chongqing, Shaanxi)
Max. intensityMMI VIII (Severe)

CSIS IX
Aftershocks1,815[4] (2022 aftershock Ms  6.1[5])
Casualties193 dead
23 missing
15,554 injured [6][7][8][9]
Ya'an earthquake
Chinese雅安地震
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinYǎ'ān Dìzhèn
Lushan earthquake
Traditional Chinese蘆山地震
Simplified Chinese芦山地震
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinLúshān Dìzhèn
USGS ShakeMap of the Ya'an earthquake mainshock intensity

The Lushan earthquake or Ya'an earthquake (Standard Tibetan: གཡག་རྔ་ཡི་ས་ཡོམ་, Yak-ngai Sayom) occurred at 08:02 Beijing Time (00:02 UTC) on April 20, 2013. The epicenter was located in Lushan County, Ya'an, Sichuan, about 116 km (72 mi) from Chengdu along the Longmenshan Fault in the same province heavily impacted by the 2008 Sichuan earthquake.[10] The magnitude of the earthquake was placed at Ms 7.0 by China Earthquake Data Center, Ms 7.0 by Russian Academy of Sciences, Mw 7.0 by Geoscience Australia, Mw 6.6 by the United States Geological Survey (USGS),[11] Mw 6.6 by the European Alert System (EMSC) and Mj 6.9 by the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA). 1,815 aftershocks have been recorded as of 00:00 (UTC+8h) April 22.[4]

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  4. ^ a b "四川雅安已记录到余震1815次 强余震仍在发生". 新浪新闻. April 22, 2013. Retrieved April 22, 2013.
  5. ^ "四川地震局：此次四川芦山6.1级地震属2013年"4·20"7.0级地震余震" [Sichuan Earthquake Administration: The Sichuan Lushan M6.1 earthquake is an aftershock of the 2013 "4.20" M7.0 earthquake]. China Central Television (in Chinese). China News Service. 1 June 2022. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
  6. ^ "雅安地震共造成193人死亡21人失踪". 凤凰网资讯. April 21, 2013. Retrieved April 21, 2013.
  7. ^ "我省雅安市芦山县发生7.0级地震（续七）". 四川省民政厅. April 21, 2013. Archived from the original on April 18, 2014. Retrieved April 21, 2013.
  8. ^ ""4·20"芦山地震：遇难人数升至186人". Xinhua News Agency. April 21, 2013. Archived from the original on April 24, 2013. Retrieved April 21, 2013.
  9. ^ "Death toll rises to 180 in China quake". Xinhua News Agency. 21 Apr 2013. Archived from the original on April 24, 2013. Retrieved 2013-04-21.
  10. ^ "An earthquake with magnitude 6.6 occurred near Leshan, Sichuan, China at 00:02:47.27 UTC on Apr 20, 2013 on Google Public Alert". April 20, 2013.
  11. ^ "最新地震" [Newest earthquakes]. Data.earthquake.cn. Archived from the original on May 1, 2013. Retrieved April 20, 2013.