2013 Lushan earthquake
| UTC time | 2013-04-20 00:02:47 |
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| ISC event | 607304721 |
| USGS-ANSS | ComCat |
| Local date | 20 April 2013 |
| Local time | 8:02 am CST |
| Magnitude | 7.0 Ms (CENC) 6.6 Mw (USGS) |
| Depth | < 13 km (8.1 mi) |
| Epicenter | 30°17′02″N 102°57′22″E / 30.28389°N 102.95611°E Lushan County, Sichuan |
| Areas affected | People's Republic of China (Sichuan, Chongqing, Shaanxi) |
| Max. intensity | MMI VIII (Severe) CSIS IX |
| Aftershocks | 1,815 (2022 aftershock Ms 6.1) |
| Casualties | 193 dead 23 missing 15,554 injured |
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| Chinese | 雅安地震 | ||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 蘆山地震 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 芦山地震 | ||||||
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The Lushan earthquake or Ya'an earthquake (Standard Tibetan: གཡག་རྔ་ཡི་ས་ཡོམ་, Yak-ngai Sayom) occurred at 08:02 Beijing Time (00:02 UTC) on April 20, 2013. The epicenter was located in Lushan County, Ya'an, Sichuan, about 116 km (72 mi) from Chengdu along the Longmenshan Fault in the same province heavily impacted by the 2008 Sichuan earthquake. The magnitude of the earthquake was placed at Ms 7.0 by China Earthquake Data Center, Ms 7.0 by Russian Academy of Sciences, Mw 7.0 by Geoscience Australia, Mw 6.6 by the United States Geological Survey (USGS), Mw 6.6 by the European Alert System (EMSC) and Mj 6.9 by the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA). 1,815 aftershocks have been recorded as of 00:00 (UTC+8h) April 22.