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The Wenchuan earthquake was the most destructive earthquake in China, with the widest zone of influence and the most serious disaster-induced losses, since the founding of the People’s Republic in 1949. Measured at M s8.0 in magnitude, and XI on the Modified Mercalli Intensity (MMI) scale of felt effects, the earthquake also caused severe secondary disasters such as landslides, mud-rock flows, barrier lakes, etc (Figure 1.1).
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Yong, C., Booth, D.C. (2011). The Wenchuan earthquake. In: The Wenchuan Earthquake of 2008. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-21159-1_1
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