The great Sichuan earthquake of 12 May 2008 caught Earth scientists off guard. A year on, Alexandra Witze reports from the shattered towns on how researchers have learned from their failures.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
References
Burchfiel, B. C., Chen, Z., Liu, Y. & Royden, L. H. Int. Geol. Rev. 37, 661–735 (1995).
Zhang, P.-Z. et al. Geology 32, 809–812 (2004).
Burchfiel, B. C. et al. GSA Today 18, 4–11 (2008).
Parsons, T., Chen, J. & Kirby, E. Nature 454, 509–510 (2008).
Toda, S., Lin, J., Meghraoui, M. & Stein, R. S. Geophys. Res. Lett. 35, L17305 (2008).
Cui, P. et al. Nat. Hazards advance online publication doi:10.1007/s11069-009-9392-1 (2009).
Courtland, R. Nature 453, 146–148 (2008).
Additional information
See Editorial, page 140
Alexandra Witze is Nature's chief of correspondents for America. Additional reporting by Jane Qiu, Nature's retained correspondent in Beijing.
Related links
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
Witze, A. Seismology: The sleeping dragon. Nature 459, 153–157 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/459153a
Published:
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/459153a
- Springer Nature Limited
This article is cited by
-
Resilience from ruin
Nature Geoscience (2013)