Tag Archives: earthquake

Drone video: Devastating aftermath of China 6.5 earthquake – YouTube

Posted on August 5, 2014 by Kenneth Lynch

More at UoG’s Geography blog Threats2Civilisation.

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Course leader detects earthquake?

Posted on March 3, 2014 by Kenneth Lynch

A couple of weeks ago I thought it would be useful to post a blog to our Threats 2 Civilisation blog – a blog we use to support one of our modules of that name – about earthquakes in the … Continue reading →

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Five years on from the Sichuan earthquake

Posted on May 17, 2013 by Glos Geog

In 2008, a Magnitude 7.9 earthquake in Sichuan Province, China killed 87,857 people. It caused the largest population displacement (4.8 million) and proved the second costliest ($191 billion) of any quake since 1900. Five years on, this report remembers the disaster and reflects … Continue reading →

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