The big earthquake in WenChuan.

    At 14:28 on May 12, 2008, WenChuan,a city of SiChuan province, had a 8.0 magnitude earthquake. In this catastrophe, 69227 people died, 374643 people got injured and 17923 people disappeared. This earthquake was the most destructive, the most widely affected and had the most casualties since The People's Republic of China was formed. The Indian Ocean plate pushing the Eurasian plate caused this earthquake. Besides the direct economic loss was 845.2 billion RMB which is about 138.7billion dollars. When the earthquake happened, the government sent supplies and armies immediately to the disaster area.