China Quake Disaster: The Numbers
The latest facts about the May 12 earthquake that struck China's Sichuan province, the country's worst in 30 years:
Magnitude: measured at 7.9 by the U.S. Geological Survey; 8.0 by Chinese officials
Disaster area population: 20 million
Dead: 51,151
Missing: 29,328
Injured: 288,431
Homeless: 5 million
Classrooms destroyed: 6,898
Orphans: 4,000
Tents needed: 3.3 million
Animals killed: 12.5 million
Company losses: $9.5 billion
Reconstruction: $10 billion fund set up by government
Sources: Associated Press and the Chinese government
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