Sichuan Province: Peeking into the horror quake of 2008 :: Mmegi Online

Nine years on and China’s Sichuan Province is still dealing with the haunting memories of the 2008 earthquake that claimed 90,000 lives and completely destroyed many buildings. Staff Writer MPHO MOKWAPE* joined others in a recent trip to pay homage to the victims and survivors of the world’s 21st deadliest quake of all time

Natural disasters often claim thousands of lives and leave those behind with haunting and painful memories for decades. For the people around the mountainous region of Sichuan Province in southwestern China, the memories are still fresh as they live daily with the reminders of May 12, 2008 when a massive earthquake razed nearly everything to the ground.

Just recently Botswana felt the power of earthquakes when the aftershock of a South African quake rocked the south, before a monster 6.5 scale quake in the Central District shook the entire country and region.

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