12-36  Earthquake Disasters
   
               
Year Number of 5.0-5.9 6.0-6.9 Over 7.0 Casualties Deaths Direct
Region Earthquakes Richter Richter Richter     Economic Loss
  (time) scale scale scale (person)   (10 000 yuan)
               
2000 10 7 2   2987 10 146792
2001 12 8 2 1 750 9 148449
2002 5 4     362 2 14774
2003 21 10 6 1 7465 319 466040
2004 11 8 1   696 8 94959
2005 13 9 2   882 15 262811
2006 10 9     229 25 79962
2007 3 1 1   422 3 201922
2008 17 6 4 2 446293 69283 85949594
2009 8 5 2   407 3 273782
2010 12 4   1 13795 2705 2361077
2011 18 11 2 1 540 32 6020873
               
Anhui 1 232351
Jiangxi 1 5380
Henan 1 1895
Sichuan 1 1 4 178580
Yunnan         3 3 351 25 2813100
Gansu 1 2 2696
Qinghai        1 1 65028
Xinjiang       7 6 1 28 1050593
Burma* 1 1 12 337600
Indian*   1 1 143 7 1333650
               
Note: * refer to the earthquakes caused casualties and economic loss inside China but the epicenters of which are outside.