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The April 20, 2013, Lushan, Sichuan, China, Earthquake: An Overview

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The April 20, 2013, Lushan, Sichuan, China, earthquake is one of the significant earthquakes in China in the 21st century. The earthquake was a test of the enhancement of the capacity to protect against earthquake disasters since the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake, and a test of earthquake science and technology in China.

This chapter is written by Zhang SF, Jiang CS, Jiang H, and Wu ZL (Institute of Geophysics, CEA).

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Notes

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    http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eqarchives/energy/neic_b000gcdd_e.php

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    Chinese Standard GB 17740-1999 General ruler for earthquake magnitude (in Chinese).

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    http://roll.news.sina.com.cn/s_yadzh2013_all/index.shtml (in Chinese).

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    http://www.scio.gov.cn/xwfbh/xwbfbh/wqfbh/2013/0425p/

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  1. China Earthquake Administration, Institute of Geophysics, Beijing, China

    Zhongliang Wu, Changsheng Jiang, Xiaojun Li & Zhifeng Ding

  2. Earthquake Administration of Sichuan Province, Chengdu, China

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Wu, Z., Jiang, C., Li, X., Li, G., Ding, Z. (2014). The April 20, 2013, Lushan, Sichuan, China, Earthquake: An Overview. In: Earthquake Phenomenology from the Field. SpringerBriefs in Earth Sciences. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-4585-15-6_1

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