When was the Wenchuan earthquake?

5. 12 Wenchuan earthquake in Sichuan was an earthquake of magnitude 8.0 in May 2008 (Monday, the eighth day of April in the Year of the Rat in May of the lunar calendar) 12, and its epicenter was located at the junction of Yingxiu Town and Xuankou Town in Wenchuan County, Sichuan Province.

5. 12 Wenchuan earthquake severely damaged more than 65,438+10,000 square kilometers, including extremely hard-hit * *10 counties (cities), hard-hit ***4 1 county (city), and general disaster-hit * *186 counties. As of September 8, 2008 12, the Wenchuan earthquake in May 12 * * had caused 69,227 deaths, 374,643 injuries and 17923 missing, which was the most destructive earthquake since the founding of the People's Republic of China and the largest number of casualties after the Tangshan earthquake.