Chongqing is located in the south of China. Although it is adjacent to Sichuan Province and not in an earthquake zone, there are five fault zones in Chongqing, so the frequency and intensity of earthquakes are much lower than those in Sichuan. The five fault zones in Chongqing are Huayingshan fault zone, Changshou-Zunyi fault zone, Qiyaoshan-Jinfo Mountain fault zone, Fangdoushan fault zone and Pengshui fault zone.

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China is a country with severe earthquake disasters because of its high frequency, high intensity, shallow focal point and wide distribution. Since 1900, the number of earthquake deaths in China has reached 550,000, accounting for 53% of the global earthquake deaths; Since 1949, more than 100 destructive earthquakes have occurred in 22 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the central government).

It involves the eastern region 14 provinces, causing more than 270,000 deaths, accounting for 54% of all kinds of disasters in China. The earthquake affected an area of more than 300,000 square kilometers and 7 million houses collapsed. The severity of natural disasters such as earthquakes is one of the basic national conditions in China.

Baidu Encyclopedia-China Earthquake Belt