The Sichuan earthquake (四川大地震), at a magnitude of 7.9, occurred on 12 May 2008 in Sichuan province of China. Official figures (as of 19 May) stated that 34,073 are confirmed dead and 245,108 injured. The Chinese government warned that the death toll could reach 50,000. The earthquake left about 4.8 million people homeless.
This combined photo shows the same place of Penghua Village in Mianzhu on August 11, 2006 (above) and after the quake on May 16, 2008 (bottom)
A rescuer try to help a stranded student out of debris at Wudu Primary school in Hanwang Town, Mianzhu City, southwest China's Sichuan Province, May 13, 2008
A student is stranded in the ruins of a high school in the earthquake-affected Beichuan County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, on May 13, 2008
Song Xinyi, a 3-year-old earthquake survivor, is saved in earthquake-hit Beichuan County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, May 14, 2008. Song was saved after being buried in the ruins for more than 40 hours
Children have their meals in Maoxian county, the quake-hit Sichuan Province, southwest China, May 18, 2008. Water supply and telecom have been resumed in Maoxian county, and survivors here are well settled
Citizens mourn around candles during a memorial ceremony in Nanning, capital of southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, May 19, 2008. China began on Monday a three-day mourning for the victims of the 7.9-magnitude quake on Richter scale hitting southwest and northwest China on May 12
(Source: Xinhua News)
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