Online map of epicenter distribution of historical earthquakes in China (magnitude greater than or equal to 5 from 2300 BC to AD 2007) comes from the Wenchuan Earthquake Disaster Atlas, the scale of the map is 1:23500000, which is compiled by the Wenchuan Earthquake Disaster Atlas compilation committee, and published by Chengdu Map Publishing House.
The Wenchuan Earthquake Disaster Atlas is based on the work results of the expert group and closely focuses on the theme of "Wenchuan Earthquake Disaster". After the Wenchuan earthquake, the National Disaster Reduction Commission and the Ministry of Science and Technology jointly established an earthquake relief expert group, bringing together more than 30 ministries and commissions from the Ministry of Science and Technology, including the Ministry of Civil Affairs, the Ministry of Water Resources, the China Earthquake Administration, the State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping, and the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Experts and scholars have carried out multidisciplinary comprehensive research on the Wenchuan earthquake, obtained a large amount of monitoring information and evaluation data, and obtained fruitful research results.
The larger the circle in the map, the greater the magnitude.
Source of map data: Atlas of Natural Disaster System in China, website of China Seismological Network Center.
Online map of the scope and extent of the earthquake in Wenchuan, China
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