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{{Short description|2008 earthquakes centered on the China-Myanmar border in Yingjiang, Yunnan, China}}
{{Earthquake
{{Infobox earthquake
| title = 2008 Yingjiang Earthquakes
| date = {{Start date|2008|8|21}}
| title = 2008 Yingjiang earthquakes
| map =
| timestamp = 2008-08-30 08:30:53
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| magnitude = 5.9 [[Surface wave magnitude|M<sub>s</sub>]]<ref name="0821 M5.9">{{cite news | title= Roughly: Earthquake in Yingjiang County, Yunnan (云南省德宏傣族景颇族自治州盈江县地震) | publisher=Earthquake Information System (地震信息系统) | url=http://www.ceic.ac.cn/display.jsp?id=106671 | date=2008-08-21 |accessdate=2008-09-20 |language=Chinese }}</ref> or 6.0 M<sub>w</sub>
| isc-event = 13392944
| local-date = 20 August–3 September 2008
| map2 = {{Location map | China Yunnan
| label=
| lat=25.039
| long=97.697 | mark=Bullseye1.png
| marksize=40
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| magnitude = 5.9 [[Surface wave magnitude|M<sub>s</sub>]]<ref name="0821 M5.9">{{cite news | title= Roughly: Earthquake in Yingjiang County, Yunnan (云南省德宏傣族景颇族自治州盈江县地震) | publisher=Earthquake Information System (地震信息系统) | url=http://www.ceic.ac.cn/display.jsp?id=106671 | date=2008-08-21 |access-date=2008-09-20 |language=Chinese }}</ref><br>6.0 [[Moment magnitude scale|M<sub>w</sub>]]
| depth = 10 km
| depth = 10 km
| location = {{coord|24.9|N|97.8|E}}<br/>（[[Yingjiang County|Yingjiang]], [[Yunnan]])
| location = {{coord|24.9|N|97.8|E}}<br/>([[Yingjiang County|Yingjiang]], [[Yunnan]])
| countries affected = {{PRC}}
| countries affected = [[China]] <br> [[Myanmar]]
| tsunami = None
| tsunami =
| aftershocks =
| aftershocks =
| casualties = 5 killed, 130 injured, 21 serious<ref name="cea casualty">{{cite news | title=Damages 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) | publisher=中国地震局门户网 (China Earthquake Administration Portal, CEA) | url=http://www.cea.gov.cn/manage/html/8a8587881632fa5c0116674a018300cf/_content/08_09/18/1221697376968.html| date=2008-09-17 |accessdate=2008-09-20 |language=Chinese }}
| casualties = 5 dead, 130 injured<ref name="cea casualty">{{cite news | title=Damages 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) | publisher=中国地震局门户网 (China Earthquake Administration Portal, CEA) | url=http://www.cea.gov.cn/manage/html/8a8587881632fa5c0116674a018300cf/_content/08_09/18/1221697376968.html| date=2008-09-17 |access-date=2008-09-20 |language=Chinese }}
Note: The second earthquake in this report is not accounted for in CENC's earthquake data base.
Note: The second earthquake in this report is not accounted for in CENC's earthquake data base.
</ref>
</ref>
| intensity = [[China Seismic Intensity Scale|liedu]] VIII ([[European Macroseismic Scale|Heavily damaging]])
| intensity = {{CSIS|VIII}}
}}
}}


The '''2008 Yingjiang Earthquakes''' were a series of major earthquakes ranging from [[surface wave magnitude]] ('''M<sub>s</sub>''') 4.1 to 5.9 that struck [[Yingjiang County]], [[Yunnan]] province, [[People's Republic of China|China]] between August 19 (in [[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]]; August 20 local time) and September 3, 2008. It caused 5 deaths, 21 serious injuries, and [[Renminbi|RMB]]&nbsp;2.7 billion in direct economic damage. USGS put the magnitude of the strongest one to M<sub>w</sub> 6.0.<ref>http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eqarchives/significant/sig_2008.php</ref>
The '''2008 Yingjiang earthquakes''' were a series of major earthquakes ranging from [[surface wave magnitude]] ('''M<sub>s</sub>''') 4.1 to 5.9 that struck [[Yingjiang County]], [[Yunnan]] province, [[China]] between August 19 (in [[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]]; August 20 local time) and September 3. It caused 5 deaths, 130 injuries (21 of which were serious), and [[Renminbi|RMB]]&nbsp;2.7 billion in direct economic damage. USGS put the magnitude of the strongest one to M<sub>w</sub> 6.0.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eqarchives/significant/sig_2008.php |title = Significant Earthquakes of the World |access-date=2013-11-16 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130912203130/http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eqarchives/significant/sig_2008.php |archive-date=2013-09-12 }}</ref>


==Earthquake Details==
==Earthquake==


According to the [[China Earthquake Administration]] ('''CEA''') and its subordinate [http://www.ceic.ac.cn/ China Earthquake Network Center] ('''CENC'''), a M<sub>s</sub>&nbsp;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<ref name="cea casualty" /> described two additional strong quakes of M<sub>s</sub>&nbsp;4.9 and M<sub>s</sub>&nbsp;5.9 in the same area the following day; CENC's data base, on the other hand, did not include the earthquake of M<sub>s</sub>&nbsp;4.9 at 20:20 CST on August 21 as the CEA report described, but reveals additional ones after the date.<ref>
According to the [[China Earthquake Administration]] ('''CEA''') and its subordinate [http://www.ceic.ac.cn/ China Earthquake Network Center] ('''CENC'''), a M<sub>s</sub>&nbsp;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<ref name="cea casualty" /> described two additional strong quakes of M<sub>s</sub>&nbsp;4.9 and M<sub>s</sub>&nbsp;5.9 in the same area the following day; CENC's data base, on the other hand, did not include the earthquake of M<sub>s</sub>&nbsp;4.9 at 20:20 CST on August 21 as the CEA report described, but reveals additional ones after the date.<ref>
{{cite web
{{cite web
| url=http://www.ceic.ac.cn/
| url=http://www.ceic.ac.cn/
| title=Earthquake map in China and neighboring areas (中国及周边震中分布图)
| title=Earthquake map in China and neighboring areas (中国及周边震中分布图)
| accessdate=2008-09-20
| access-date=2008-09-20
| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20081103042223/http://www.ceic.ac.cn/| archive-date= 3 November 2008 | url-status= live}}
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! [[Surface wave magnitude|M<sub>s</sub>]]
! [[Surface wave magnitude|M<sub>s</sub>]]
|-
|-
| 1<ref name="0819 M5.0">{{cite news | title= Roughly: Earthquake in Yingjiang County, Yunnan (云南省德宏傣族景颇族自治州盈江县地震) | publisher=Earthquake Information System (地震信息系统) | url=http://www.ceic.ac.cn/display.jsp?id=106670 | date=2008-08-19 |accessdate=2008-09-20 |language=Chinese }} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref>
| 1<ref name="0819 M5.0">{{cite news | title= Roughly: Earthquake in Yingjiang County, Yunnan (云南省德宏傣族景颇族自治州盈江县地震) | publisher=Earthquake Information System (地震信息系统) | url=http://www.ceic.ac.cn/display.jsp?id=106670 | date=2008-08-19 |access-date=2008-09-20 |language=Chinese }} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref>
| 2008-08-20 ''05:35:09''
| 2008-08-20 ''05:35:09''
| ''2008-08-19'' 21:35:09
| ''2008-08-19'' 21:35:09
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| 5.9
| 5.9
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|-bgcolor=#dfefff
| 4<ref name="0822 M4.7">{{cite news | title= Roughly: Earthquake in Yingjiang County, Yunnan (云南省德宏傣族景颇族自治州盈江县地震) | publisher=Earthquake Information System (地震信息系统) | url=http://www.ceic.ac.cn/display.jsp?id=106708 | date=2008-08-22 |accessdate=2008-09-20 |language=Chinese }} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref><ref>
| 4<ref name="0822 M4.7">{{cite news | title= Roughly: Earthquake in Yingjiang County, Yunnan (云南省德宏傣族景颇族自治州盈江县地震) | publisher=Earthquake Information System (地震信息系统) | url=http://www.ceic.ac.cn/display.jsp?id=106708 | date=2008-08-22 |access-date=2008-09-20 |language=Chinese }} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref><ref>
This and subsequent earthquakes are not included in CEA's 9/17 report cited above.</ref>
This and subsequent earthquakes are not included in CEA's 9/17 report cited above.</ref>
| 2008-08-22 20:06:14
| 2008-08-22 20:06:14
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| 5<ref name="0902 M4.1">
| 5<ref name="0902 M4.1">
{{cite news | title= Roughly: Earthquake in Yingjiang County, Yunnan (云南省德宏傣族景颇族自治州盈江县地震) | publisher=Earthquake Information System (地震信息系统) | url=http://www.ceic.ac.cn/display.jsp?id=106914 | date=2008-09-02 |accessdate=2008-09-20 |language=Chinese }} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}
{{cite news | title= Roughly: Earthquake in Yingjiang County, Yunnan (云南省德宏傣族景颇族自治州盈江县地震) | publisher=Earthquake Information System (地震信息系统) | url=http://www.ceic.ac.cn/display.jsp?id=106914 | date=2008-09-02 |access-date=2008-09-20 |language=Chinese }} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}
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| 2008-09-03 02:59:18
| 2008-09-03 02:59:18
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| 6<ref name="0903 M4.8">
| 6<ref name="0903 M4.8">
{{cite news | title= Roughly: Earthquake in Yingjiang County, Yunnan (云南省德宏傣族景颇族自治州盈江县地震) | publisher=Earthquake Information System (地震信息系统) | url=http://www.ceic.ac.cn/display.jsp?id=106913 | date=2008-09-03 |accessdate=2008-09-20 |language=Chinese }} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}
{{cite news | title= Roughly: Earthquake in Yingjiang County, Yunnan (云南省德宏傣族景颇族自治州盈江县地震) | publisher=Earthquake Information System (地震信息系统) | url=http://www.ceic.ac.cn/display.jsp?id=106913 | date=2008-09-03 |access-date=2008-09-20 |language=Chinese }} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}
</ref><ref name="YNEA0903 M4.8">
</ref><ref name="YNEA0903 M4.8">
{{cite news | title= Another M4.8 earthquake struck Yingjiang County (盈江县再次发生4.8级地震) | publisher=Yunnan Earthquake Administration, YNEA (云南地震局) | url=http://www.eqyn.com/news/newsview.asp?id=6718 | date=2008-09-05 |accessdate=2008-09-20 |language=Chinese }} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref>
{{cite news | title= Another M4.8 earthquake struck Yingjiang County (盈江县再次发生4.8级地震) | publisher=Yunnan Earthquake Administration, YNEA (云南地震局) | url=http://www.eqyn.com/news/newsview.asp?id=6718 | date=2008-09-05 |access-date=2008-09-20 |language=Chinese }} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref>
| 2008-09-03 14:27:20
| 2008-09-03 14:27:20
| 2008-09-03 06:27:20
| 2008-09-03 06:27:20
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Note: Earthquakes #4 and after are not included in CEA summary; earthquake #2 is unaccounted for in CENC data base.
Note: Earthquakes #4 and after are not included in CEA summary; earthquake #2 is unaccounted for in CENC data base.


==Impact==
==Response, casualties, and intensities==
===Casualties===
According to CEA,<ref name="cea casualty" /> these earthquakes caused 5 deaths and 21 serious injuries. Through [http://www.eqyn.com/ Yunnan Earthquake Administration] ('''YNEA'''), the provincial government invoked Level IV emergence response protocol in the relief. Affected people amounted to 209,605, roughly 2/3 of the total population in affected areas. Direct financial damages amounted to [[RMB]]&nbsp;1.3 billion. In addition to building damages, the heaviest infrastructure damages occurred to water resources facilities.
According to CEA,<ref name="cea casualty" /> these earthquakes caused 5 deaths and 21 others were seriously hurt, as well as 109 minor injuries.<ref name="cea casualty" /> 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]]&nbsp;1.3 billion. In addition to building damage, the heaviest infrastructure damage occurred to water resources facilities.


===Intensity===
On the [[Seismic scale#Intensity scales|seismic intensity]] map published by CEA,<ref name="cea casualty" /> maximum intensity of these earthquakes reached liedu VIII on [[China Seismic Intensity Scale]] ('''CSIS'''), which is somewhat equivalent to VIII (Heavily damaging) on [[European Macroseismic Scale|EMS-94]] from which CSIS drew reference. Liedu-VIII zone spans 26&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup> near the epicenter. Total area of liedu VI (Slightly damaging) and above is a north-south oval of 4,511&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>.
On the [[Seismic scale#Intensity scales|seismic intensity]] map published by CEA,<ref name="cea casualty" /> maximum intensity of these earthquakes reached liedu VIII on [[China Seismic Intensity Scale]] ('''CSIS'''), which is somewhat equivalent to VIII (''Severe'') on the [[Modified Mercalli intensity scale|MMI]] and from which CSIS drew reference. Liedu-VIII zone spans 26&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup> near the epicenter. Total area of liedu VI (Slightly damaging) and above is a north–south oval of 4,511&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>.

==See also==
*[[List of earthquakes in 2008]]
*[[List of earthquakes in Myanmar]]
*[[List of earthquakes in China]]
*[[List of earthquakes in Yunnan]]


== References ==
== References ==
{{Reflist|2}}
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
*{{EQ-isc-link|13392265}}

{{Earthquakes in 2008}}
{{Earthquakes in 2008}}
{{Earthquakes in China}}
{{Yunnan}}
{{Earthquakes in Myanmar}}


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[[Category:Earthquakes in China|Yingjiang]]
[[Category:Earthquakes in Myanmar]]
[[Category:2008 in China|Yingjiang earthquakes]]
[[Category:2008 disasters in China|Yingjiang earthquakes]]
[[Category:2008 earthquakes|Yingjiang, China]]
[[Category:2008 earthquakes|Yingjiang, China]]
[[Category:History of Yunnan]]
[[Category:August 2008 events in China]]
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[[Category:Earthquake clusters, swarms, and sequences]]
[[Category:Geography of Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture]]

Latest revision as of 03:57, 30 June 2024

2008 Yingjiang earthquakes
2008 Yingjiang earthquakes is located in Yunnan
2008 Yingjiang earthquakes
UTC time2008-08-30 08:30:53
ISC event13392944
USGS-ANSSComCat
Local date20 August–3 September 2008
Magnitude5.9 Ms[1]
6.0 Mw
Depth10 km
Epicenter24°54′N 97°48′E / 24.9°N 97.8°E / 24.9; 97.8
(Yingjiang, Yunnan)
Areas affectedChina
Myanmar
Max. intensityCSIS VIII
Casualties5 dead, 130 injured[2]

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.[3]

Earthquake

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According to the China Earthquake Administration (CEA) and its subordinate China Earthquake Network Center (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[2] 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.[4]

Sequence of earthquakes

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# CST UTC Place Lat. Long. Ms
1[5] 2008-08-20 05:35:09 2008-08-19 21:35:09 Yingjiang, Yunnan 25.1 97.9 5.0
2[2][6] 2008-08-21 20:20 2008-08-21 12:20 Yingjiang, Yunnan 25.1 97.9 4.9
3[1] 2008-08-21 20:24:32 2008-08-21 12:24:32 Yingjiang, Yunnan 25.1 97.9 5.9
4[7][8] 2008-08-22 20:06:14 2008-08-22 12:35:09 Yingjiang, Yunnan 25.0 97.9 4.7
5[9] 2008-09-03 02:59:18 2008-09-02 18:59:18 Yingjiang, Yunnan 24.9 97.9 4.1
6[10][11] 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

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Casualties

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According to CEA,[2] these earthquakes caused 5 deaths and 21 others were seriously hurt, as well as 109 minor injuries.[2] 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

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On the seismic intensity map published by CEA,[2] 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

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Roughly: Earthquake in Yingjiang County, Yunnan (云南省德宏傣族景颇族自治州盈江县地震)" (in Chinese). Earthquake Information System (地震信息系统). 2008-08-21. Retrieved 2008-09-20.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Damages 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)" (in Chinese). 中国地震局门户网 (China Earthquake Administration Portal, CEA). 2008-09-17. Retrieved 2008-09-20. Note: The second earthquake in this report is not accounted for in CENC's earthquake data base.
  3. ^ "Significant Earthquakes of the World". Archived from the original on 2013-09-12. Retrieved 2013-11-16.
  4. ^ "Earthquake map in China and neighboring areas (中国及周边震中分布图)". Archived from the original on 3 November 2008. Retrieved 2008-09-20.
  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)" (in Chinese). Earthquake Information System (地震信息系统). 2008-08-19. Retrieved 2008-09-20. [dead link]
  6. ^ Absent from CNEC data base
  7. ^ "Roughly: Earthquake in Yingjiang County, Yunnan (云南省德宏傣族景颇族自治州盈江县地震)" (in Chinese). Earthquake Information System (地震信息系统). 2008-08-22. Retrieved 2008-09-20. [dead link]
  8. ^ This and subsequent earthquakes are not included in CEA's 9/17 report cited above.
  9. ^ "Roughly: Earthquake in Yingjiang County, Yunnan (云南省德宏傣族景颇族自治州盈江县地震)" (in Chinese). Earthquake Information System (地震信息系统). 2008-09-02. Retrieved 2008-09-20. [dead link]
  10. ^ "Roughly: Earthquake in Yingjiang County, Yunnan (云南省德宏傣族景颇族自治州盈江县地震)" (in Chinese). Earthquake Information System (地震信息系统). 2008-09-03. Retrieved 2008-09-20. [dead link]
  11. ^ "Another M4.8 earthquake struck Yingjiang County (盈江县再次发生4.8级地震)" (in Chinese). Yunnan Earthquake Administration, YNEA (云南地震局). 2008-09-05. Retrieved 2008-09-20. [dead link]
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