1. Earthquake Information Page created by W. G. HuangCredit EMSC Summary: MagnitudeMw 6.9 RegionSOUTHERN QINGHAI, CHINA Date time2010-04-13 at 23:49:40.8 UTC Location33.27 N ; 96.67 E Depth33 km Distances595 km SW Xining (pop 767,531 ; local time 07:49 2010-04-14) 592 km N Pasighat (pop 25,581 ; local time 05:19 2010-04-14)

2. Earthquake Parameters 200805120627 Mw=7.9, D=10 km 201004132349 Mw=6.8, D=33 km Page created by W. G. Huang

3. 歴史地震 Page created by W. G. HuangCredit ERI

5. A magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck the Tibetan Plateau in southern Qinghai Province, China, on April 13, 2010, killing hundreds of people and injuring as many as 10,000. As the India Plate pushes north, the eastern side of the Tibetan Plateau is getting bent and stretched toward the south-southeast. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the quake occurred along a strike-slip fault, and it was one of the largest known earthquakes to have occurred within several hundred kilometers of the location. Based on data collected by the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission in 2002, this map shows the location of the quake and several aftershocks (black circles) as well as significant tectonic faults (red lines). A northwest-southeast valley provides evidence of the underlying geologic fault. The dotted line to the southwest traces the approximate location of a suture zone, which, as its name suggests, is an area where two continental plates have joined together. Page created by W. G. HuangCredit NASA

6. Yushu, China Earthquake Image Collected April 15, 2010 These are a natural color, 60 centimeter high-resolution DigitalGlobe QuickBird satellite images featuring damage following the 7.1 magnitude earthquake that struck Yushu, China Credit: Digital Globe Page created by W. G. Huang

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14. A small part of the destruction in Yushu county, Qinghai province Rescuers and survivors work to dig people out Page created by W. G. Huang Photograph: ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images

15. A car amongst under the ruins and debris A man stands in rubble of a destroyed building in Jiegu town Page created by W. G. Huang Photograph: Wu Hong/AP

16. Collapsed houses in the Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Yushu, Qinghai province A destroyed building in Jiegu town Page created by W. G. Huang Photograph: Wu Hong/AP