1st gen (B53; CN-market), 2006–2010
Today is 12 May 2025, and 17 years ago today, the 5-12 Wenchuan earthquake occurred.
An earthquake occurred in the province of Sichuan, China at 14:28:04 on May 12, 2008, Measuring at 8.0 Ms. The earthquake's epicenter was located 80 kilometres west-northwest of Chengdu, the provincial capital, with a focal depth of 19 km. The earthquake ruptured the fault for over 240 km, with surface displacements of several meters.
Over 69,000 people lost their lives in the quake, including 68,636 in Sichuan province. 374,176 were reported injured, with 18,222 listed as missing as of July 2008. The earthquake left at least 4.8 million people homeless.
And this car that was damaged in the earthquake, and it has a very special licence plate.
‘川F A8512’ , 川F is the Deyang city, which was hardest hit by the earthquake.
‘512’ is the day of the earthquake.
The ‘8’ can represent both 2008 and the magnitude 8 earthquake.
The car still started after being dug out of the collapsed rubble and was driven to the Automobile Sales Service Shop.
After the earthquake, the car was placed in the permanent collection of the museum.
今天是2025年5月12日,就在17年前的今天,2008年5月12日的下午两点二十八分零四秒,新中国成立以来破坏性最强、波及范围最广、灾害损失最重、救灾难度最大的一次地震----5·12汶川大地震,发生了。
一时间,山河失色,地表震荡,生灵涂炭......
地震共计造成69227人遇难、17923人失踪、374643人不同程度受伤、1993.03万人失去住所,受灾总人口达4625.6万人,造成直接经济损失8451.4亿元。
而这辆车不仅仅是地震中受到损害的一辆普通轿车,更是寄托了地震中人们的希望。它的车牌号“川F·A8512”,川F·代表地震重灾区德阳市,8代表2008年或震级为8级,512代表地震发生日。这辆车在从坍塌的废墟中被挖出来以后仍然能启动,并且摇摇晃晃的开到4S店。
今天是汶川地震17周年,人们永远不会忘记,缅怀逝者,致敬重生!
2025.4.4 15:50
5·12 Wenchuan Earthquake Memorial Museum
Beichuan Qiang Autonomous County, Mianyang City, Sichuan Province
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