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The 2008 Sichuan earthquake (চীনা: 四川大地震; ফিনিন: Sìchuān dà dìzhèn), or "Great Sichuan Earthquake", which measured at 8.0 Ms and 8.3 Mw according to China Earthquake Administration (CEA), and 7.9 Mw according to USGS, occurred at 14:28:01.42 CST (06:28:01.42 UTC) on 12 May 2008 in Sichuan province of China. It was also known as the Wenchuan earthquake (চীনা: 汶川大地震; ফিনিন: Wènchuān dà dìzhèn), after the earthquake's epicenter in Wenchuan County, Sichuan province. The epicenter was ৮০ কিলোমিটার (৫০ মা) west-northwest of Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan, with a depth of ১৯ কিলোমিটার (১২ মা). The earthquake was felt as far away as Beijing (১,৫০০ কিলোমিটার (৯৩২ মা) away) and Shanghai (১,৭০০ কিলোমিটার (১,০৫৬ মা) away), where office buildings swayed with the tremor. The earthquake was also felt in nearby countries.
Official figures (as of July 6, 2008 12:00 CST) state that 69,197 are confirmed dead, including 68,636 in Sichuan province, and 374,176 injured, with 18,340 listed as missing. The earthquake left about 4.8 million people homeless, though the number could be as high as 11 million. It is the deadliest and strongest earthquake to hit China since the 1976 Tangshan earthquake, which killed at least 240,000 people. Approximately 15 million people lived in the affected area.