Facts and Figures about China Quake and Relief

A strong quake measuring 8.0 on the Richter scale jolted Wenchuan County in southwest China's Sichuan Province on May 12.

Tremors were felt across China except the northeastern Jilin and Heilongjiang provinces and the northwestern Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous region.

The quake has caused deaths and injuries, destroyed towns and roads, and cut off electricity, telecommunications, transport and water supply. The Chinese government has taken a series of measures for disaster relief.

Following are the latest facts and figures of the quake and relief work.

-- The death toll from the quake rose to 32,476 nationwide as of 2 p.m. Sunday, while 220,109 people were injured. The toll in Sichuan alone was 31,978, with many still buried.

-- In Sichuan's neighbors, 364 people were reported dead in Gansu Province as of 2 p.m. Sunday, 113 in Shaanxi Province, 16 in Chongqing Municipality, two in Henan Province, one in Yunnan Province, one in Hubei Province and one in Hunan Province.

-- The quake, which also triggered landslides in the mountainous province, damaged 33,300 hectares of farmland, including more than 10,000 hectares of wheat and rape and more than 20,000 hectares of vegetables in 13 worst-hit cities and counties, according to the Ministry of Agriculture.

As the disaster also destroyed irritation systems in some areas, up to 100,000 hectares of rice paddies might have to be used to grow alternative crops.

-- The central budget had allocated 5.782 billion yuan (826 million U.S. dollars) to the relief fund for quake-hit areas as of5 p.m. Sunday.

The ministries of finance and civil affairs appropriated 100 million yuan (14.29 million U.S. dollars) to Gansu Province for emergency aid on Sunday.

Donors at home and abroad had contributed 8.945 billion yuan (1.278 billion U.S. dollars) in cash and goods for disaster relief as of midday Sunday, according to the Ministry of Civil Affairs.

Source: Xinhua