290/353

The World in Images

Logo

Beichuan | Panorama with Wangjiayan Landslide

WI_cn066b.jpg

The 1.4 million cubic metres landslide suddenly detached from the slope in the left centre of the image 10 minutes after the main shock of the Wenchuan Earthquake (May 12, 2008). It buried part of the town of Beichuan, but the extreme landslide velocity led to additional destruction by air blasting. Approx. 1,700 people were killed.

Location
View on OpenStreetMap
Created
on Monday 9 June 2014 by Martin Mergili
Visits and license
7855 visits, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 DEED license