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Xiaojiaqiao landslide after Wenchuan earthquake, China. 2008.

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2008-07

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The Xiaojiaqiao landslide dammed the Chaping river, causing the water to back up into a lake. It was the second largest dam formed by a landslide, during the Wenchuan Earthquake. An artificial spillway was blasted and dug through the landslide dam to allow the river to resume its flow. Some photos show the dead tree-line marks the elevation of the maximum level of the water, which was building up behind the dam, before the spillway was dug (Photo taken July 6, by Lynn Highland, U.S. Geological Survey). The May 12, 2008, Great Sichuan Earthquake, also called the Wenchuan Earthquake occurred at 14:28 local time, in Sichuan Province, China. The earthquake magnitudes were USGS Mw = 7.9, Ms=8.0 (Chinese Earthquake Administration). The epicenter [...]

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