
— Maoxian Country in Sichuan Province, China is a quake-prone mountainous area. Within 300 km of it, there have been more than ten strong earthquakes higher than Ms6.0 on record. The nearest one is the Diexi Earthquake of 1933, 8.7 km from Maoxian County. A catastrophic scale landslide, the Xinmo landslide, took place on the steep …