Tremors also felt in Hong Kong, Shanghai, Macau, Thailand,
Vietnam, Mongolia, India, Pakistan and Russia.
Indo-Australian plate & Eurasian plate sliding past each other. This
plate boundary could be seen at 龙门山 Fault.
Studies say the earthquake was caused by a dam.
Effects
Apporoxiametly 87,150 people were killed
4,800,000 people were homeless
$137.5 billion was spent on
damaged buildings
80% of the buildings were destroyed
Many rivers and roads were blocked by landslides
A lot of people were injured.
2 aftershocks
Since schools were poorly built, a lot of children were killed at schools.
Responses
On Children's Day, parents come to schools and mourn their prays at their
children who died. Students who survived also contributed. Parents also
stayed behind to take part like cooking for the students.
Also, parents blamed the locals for killing their children.
International Aid (for the first time in history that China did this)
Transportation links are all down (electricity, water, gas, WiFi)