Facts about China's May 12 earthquake
By The Associated Press – May 23rd.
Latest facts about the May 12 earthquake that struck China's Sichuan province, the country's worst in 30 years:
Magnitude: measured at 7.9 by the U.S. Geological Survey; 8.0 by Chinese officials.
Disaster area population: 20 million.
Dead: 51,151.
Missing: 29,328.
Injured: 288,431.
Homeless: 5 million.
Classrooms destroyed: 6,898.
Orphans: 4,000.
Tents needed: 3.3 million.
Animals killed: 12.5 million.
Company losses: $9.5 billion.
Reconstruction: $10 billion fund set up by government.
Sources: Chinese government.