2013 Lushan earthquake

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. 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), 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.

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)
6.6 Mw (USGS)
Depth< 13 km (8.1 mi)
Epicenter30°17′02″N 102°57′22″E
Lushan County, Sichuan
Areas affectedPeople's Republic of China (Sichuan, Chongqing, Shaanxi)
Max. intensityMMI VIII (Severe)

CSIS IX
Aftershocks1,815 (2022 aftershock Ms 6.1)
Casualties193 dead
23 missing
15,554 injured
Ya'an earthquake
Chinese雅安地震
Lushan earthquake
Traditional Chinese蘆山地震
Simplified Chinese芦山地震
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