2008 Yingjiang earthquakes

2008 earthquakes centered on the China-Myanmar border in Yingjiang, Yunnan, China 2008 Yingjiang earthquakes 2008-08-21 12:24:32 usp000gf5p 13392944 20 August–3 September 2008 China Yunnan 5.9 Ms Roughly: Earthquake in Yingjiang County, Yunnan (云南省德宏傣族景颇族自治州盈江县地震) Earthquake Information System (地震信息系统) http://www.ceic.ac.cn/display.jsp?id=106671 2008-08-21 2008-09-20 Chinese 6.0 Mw 10 km 24.9 N 97.8 E(Yingjiang, Yunnan) China Myanmar 5 dead, 130 injuredDamages and intensity map of the earthquakes in Yingjiang, Yunnan on Aug. 20 and 21 (云南省盈江县8月20日、21日5.0、4.9、5.9级地震灾害损失及地震烈度分布图) 中国地震局门户网 (China Earthquake Administration Portal, CEA) http://www.cea.gov.cn/manage/html/8a8587881632fa5c0116674a018300cf/_content/08_09/18/1221697376968.html 2008-09-17 2008-09-20 Chinese Note: The second earthquake in this report is not accounted for in CENC's earthquake data base. VIII The 2008 Yingjiang earthquakes were a series of major earthquakes ranging from surface-wave magnitude (Ms) 4.1 to 5.9 that struck Yingjiang County, Yunnan province, China between August 19 (in UTC; August 20 local time) and September 3. It caused 5 deaths, 130 injuries (21 of which were serious), and RMB 2.7 billion in direct economic damage. USGS put the magnitude of the strongest one to Mw 6.0.https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eqarchives/significant/sig_2008.php Significant Earthquakes of the World 2013-11-16 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20130912203130/http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eqarchives/significant/sig_2008.php 2013-09-12 Earthquake According to the China Earthquake Administration (CEA) and its subordinate China Earthquake Network Center https://web.archive.org/web/20081103042223/http://www.ceic.ac.cn/ 2008-11-03 (CENC), a Ms 5.0 earthquake struck Yingjiang County, Yunnan province, China on August 20, 2008, at 05:35:09 China Standard Time (CST – 2135 UTC, August 19, 2008). A CEA report published on September 17 described two additional strong quakes of Ms 4.9 and Ms 5.9 in the same area the following day; CENC's data base, on the other hand, did not include the earthquake of Ms 4.9 at 20:20 CST on August 21 as the CEA report described, but reveals additional ones after the date.http://www.ceic.ac.cn/ Earthquake map in China and neighboring areas (中国及周边震中分布图) 2008-09-20 https://web.archive.org/web/20081103042223/http://www.ceic.ac.cn/ 3 November 2008 live Sequence of earthquakes # CST UTC Place Lat. Long. Ms 1 Roughly: Earthquake in Yingjiang County, Yunnan (云南省德宏傣族景颇族自治州盈江县地震) Earthquake Information System (地震信息系统) http://www.ceic.ac.cn/display.jsp?id=106670 2008-08-19 2008-09-20 Chinese October 2010 H3llBot 2008-08-20 05:35:09 2008-08-19 21:35:09 Yingjiang, Yunnan 25.1 97.9 5.0 2Absent from CNEC data base 2008-08-21 20:20 2008-08-21 12:20 Yingjiang, Yunnan 25.1 97.9 4.9 3 2008-08-21 20:24:32 2008-08-21 12:24:32 Yingjiang, Yunnan 25.1 97.9 5.9 4 Roughly: Earthquake in Yingjiang County, Yunnan (云南省德宏傣族景颇族自治州盈江县地震) Earthquake Information System (地震信息系统) http://www.ceic.ac.cn/display.jsp?id=106708 2008-08-22 2008-09-20 Chinese October 2010 H3llBotThis and subsequent earthquakes are not included in CEA's 9/17 report cited above. 2008-08-22 20:06:14 2008-08-22 12:35:09 Yingjiang, Yunnan 25.0 97.9 4.7 5 Roughly: Earthquake in Yingjiang County, Yunnan (云南省德宏傣族景颇族自治州盈江县地震) Earthquake Information System (地震信息系统) http://www.ceic.ac.cn/display.jsp?id=106914 2008-09-02 2008-09-20 Chinese October 2010 H3llBot 2008-09-03 02:59:18 2008-09-02 18:59:18 Yingjiang, Yunnan 24.9 97.9 4.1 6 Roughly: Earthquake in Yingjiang County, Yunnan (云南省德宏傣族景颇族自治州盈江县地震) Earthquake Information System (地震信息系统) http://www.ceic.ac.cn/display.jsp?id=106913 2008-09-03 2008-09-20 Chinese October 2010 H3llBot Another M4.8 earthquake struck Yingjiang County (盈江县再次发生4.8级地震) Yunnan Earthquake Administration, YNEA (云南地震局) http://www.eqyn.com/news/newsview.asp?id=6718 2008-09-05 2008-09-20 Chinese October 2010 H3llBot 2008-09-03 14:27:20 2008-09-03 06:27:20 Yingjiang, Yunnan 24.9 97.9 4.8 Note: Earthquakes #4 and after are not included in CEA summary; earthquake #2 is unaccounted for in CENC data base. Impact Casualties According to CEA, these earthquakes caused 5 deaths and 21 others were seriously hurt, as well as 109 minor injuries. Through the Yunnan Earthquake Administration (YNEA), the provincial government invoked Level IV emergence response protocol in the relief. The number of affected people is said to be around 210,000, roughly 2/3 of the total population in the affected areas. Direct financial damage amounted to RMB 1.3 billion. In addition to building damage, the heaviest infrastructure damage occurred to water resources facilities. Intensity On the seismic intensity map published by CEA, maximum intensity of these earthquakes reached liedu VIII on China seismic intensity scale (CSIS), which is somewhat equivalent to VIII (Severe) on the MMI and from which CSIS drew reference. Liedu-VIII zone spans 26 km2 near the epicenter. Total area of liedu VI (Slightly damaging) and above is a north–south oval of 4,511 km2. See also List of earthquakes in 2008 List of earthquakes in Myanmar List of earthquakes in China List of earthquakes in Yunnan References External links 13392265 2008 Yingjiang Category:Earthquakes in Myanmar Yingjiang earthquakes Yingjiang, China Category:August 2008 in China Category:Earthquake clusters, swarms, and sequences Category:Geography of Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture