Status Report on the International Conference for the Decade Memory of the Wenchuan Earthquake and the 4th International Conference on Continental Earthquake

The International Conference for the Decade Memory of the Wenchuan Earthquake and the 4th International Conference on Continental Earthquake will be held by China Earthquake Administration in Chengdu,Sichuan,China,on May 12-14,2018.On May 12,2008(Monday),at 14:08:04(Beijing time),an magnitude 8.0 earthquake occured in Wenchuan,Sichuan Province,China.According to the data from China Earthquake Administration,the magnitude of the earthquake reached M S8.0 and the seismic intensity reachedⅪ.The earthquake affected more than half of China and many Asian countries and regions and felt in Liaoning to the north,Shanghai to the east,Hong Kong,Macao,Thailand,Vietnam to the south,and Pakistan to the west.The severely hit area of the May 12,2008 Wenchuan earthquake exceeded 100,000km 2,including 10 counties(cities)in the most severely hit area,41 counties(cities)in the fairly severely hit area and 186 counties(cities)in the general quake-hit area.