An <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Wenchuan_earthquake" id="mwAWE" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="2008 Wenchuan earthquake">earthquake</a> (measuring around 8.0 magnitude) occurs in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sichuan" id="mwAWI" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Sichuan">Sichuan</a>, China, killing over 69,000 people.