Great SiChuan Earthquake Happenings

The major earthquake which happened in the Great SiChuan
This is the effect of what happened

This is what happened of the earthquake in SiChuan.
The earthquake first happened in 12 May 2008 .

More about the details happenings about the Great SiChuan EarthquakeA two-minute earthquake in the Dragon's Gate Mountains in Western China near the eastern edge of Tibet, sent shock waves as far away as Russia, India and Pakistan.
On May 12, 2008 at 2: 28pm, an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.9 struck the eastern area of Sichuan Province in China. The epicenter was located 50 miles northwest of the capital city of Chengdu.

The earthquake area occurred in the northern section of the Beichuan Fault at the junction of the Sichuan Basin and the Longmen Shan, also known as the Dragon’s Gate Mountains. These mountains are steeper than the Himalayas and are located where the Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates meet.

Damage Caused by the Great Sichuan Earthquake
The worst damage occurred in Beichuan County, which was located very close to the epicenter. Although it is a rural area, the earthquake crumbled almost 80% of the buildings that once stood in small cities and towns in the hilly countryside. As a result, thousands of people were killed and injured.

Therefore, as a result of the major earthquake which happened in SiChuan, many homes has collasped and have been destroyed. Some people even got injured and died. Below is the video showing how the major earthquake made an impact on people over there in SiChuan.