2008年05月12日14时28分04.0秒，在四川汶川县发生M7.8级地震，震中位于北纬31.0度，东经103.4度。截至13日7时，四川汶川县地震已造成四川、甘肃、陕西、重庆、云南、山西、贵州、湖北8省市共9219人死亡，倒塌房屋50余万间。在灾害面前，最重要的是镇定、信心和勇气。做我们力所能及的事，帮助在灾难中的人们……

在此向遇难者默哀，祝你们在天堂一路走好！

China Earthquakes
1290 09 27 - Chihli, China Fatalities 100,000
1556 01 23 - Shensi, China - M 8.0 Fatalities 830,000
1917 07 30 - Yunnan, China - M 7.5 Fatalities 1,800
1918 02 13 - Nan'ao, Guangdong, (Kwangtung), China - M 7.3 Fatalities 1,000
1920 12 16 - Haiyuan, Ningxia, China - M 7.8 Fatalities 200,000
1923 03 24 - Near Luhuo, Sichuan, China - M 7.3 Fatalities 3,500
1925 03 16 - Yunnan, China - M 7.1 Fatalities 5,800
1927 05 22 - Tsinghai, China - M 7.6 Fatalities 40,900
1931 08 10 - Xinjiang, China - M 8.0 Fatalities 10,000
1932 12 25 - Gansu, China - M 7.6 Fatalities 275
1933 08 25 - Sichuan, China - M 7.4 Fatalities 9,300
1948 05 25 - Sichuan, China - M 7.3 Fatalities 800
1950 08 15 - Assam - Ti_bet - M 8.6 Fatalities 1,526
1966 03 07 - Hebei, China - M 7.0 Fatalities 1,000
1966 03 22 - Hebei, China - M 6.9 Fatalities 1,000
1969 07 25 - Guangdong, China - M 5.9 Fatalities 3,000
1970 01 04 - Yunnan Province, China - M 7.5 Fatalities 10,000
1974 05 10 - China - M 6.8 Fatalities 20,000
1975 02 04 - Haicheng, China - M 7.0 Fatalities 2,000
1976 07 27 - Tangshan, China - M 7.5 Fatalities 255,000
2002 06 28 - Priamurye-Northeastern China border region - M 7.3
2002 12 25 - Kyrgyzstan-Xinjiang border region - M 5.7
2003 02 24 - Southern Xinjiang, China - M 6.3 Fatalities 261
2003 07 21 - Yunnan, China - M 6.0 Fatalities 16
2008 03 20 - Xinjiang-Xizang border region - M 7.2
2008 05 12 - Eastern Sichuan, China - M 7.9 Fatalities 8,500