The entire Wenchuan and Beichuan areas were devastated, the sun and moon were obscured, and the world seemed to be turned upside down!
Seventy seconds later, the energy released by the earthquake decreased relatively, but the rupture still extended northeast to the Qingchuan area.
One hundred seconds later, the rupture process of the main shock in Wenchuan basically ended.
In the following hours, seismic waves traveled across the globe.
Neighboring areas such as Chongqing and Kunming felt the magnitude 3 tremor.
Even in more distant areas such as Beijing and Shanghai, significant low-frequency shaking occurred due to aftershocks.
Soon, the whole world knew that a massive earthquake had struck China.
People in Panzhihua and Yibin trembled with fear as they gazed at their hometowns, now reduced to ruins and shrouded in smoke and dust, and tears streamed down their faces.
I don't know whether to feel relieved or sad.
China acted swiftly, immediately launching related rescue operations and holding press conferences.
According to measurements by the China Earthquake Administration, the surface wave magnitude of this earthquake reached 7.6 Ms on the Richter scale, the moment magnitude reached 8.3 Mw, and the earthquake intensity was as high as eleven degrees.
Later, the magnitude was gradually increased to level eight.
The seismic waves from this earthquake could circle the Earth six times, affecting most of China as well as Vietnam, Thailand, and many other Asian countries and regions. The earthquake lasted for 80 to 120 seconds.
This massive earthquake is known as the "Wenchuan earthquake".
However, despite the immense destructive power of this earthquake, there were not many casualties.
That night, Li Xiangdong, who was far away in Lijiapo, had another dream.
The scene in my dream was familiar, with the bull-headed horse and its face expressionless.
Li Xiangdong couldn't help but recall how angry the King of Hell was during the last major earthquake in Yanling, and how he had burned a lot of paper offerings to apologize.
This time, won't the King of Hell be even angrier?!
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