The epicentral area included Ferruzzano, where many houses collapsed almost completely, and 158 persons, or 8 % of its population, were killed.
12.
No surface ruptures were present in the epicentral area, but landslides closed roads and railroad tracks for at least a week while cleanup took place.
13.
In the epicentral area, the average slip in Beichuan Fault was about vertical, horizontal-parallel to the fault, and horizontal-perpendicular to the fault.
14.
The event resulted in the deaths of 8 people and damaged or destroyed 60 homes in the region, with rock slides and power failures affecting the epicentral area.
15.
The epicentral area included only one town ( Ferruzzano ), where many houses collapsed almost completely, and 158 persons, or 8 % of its population, were killed.
16.
Ground disturbances that were created by the earthquakes were also surveyed, both in the valley and in the foothills, with both vertical and horizontal displacements present in the epicentral area.
17.
Data from four stations from the Institute for Petroleum Research and Geophysics of Israel plus seven stations from Jordan's Natural Resource Authority recorded aftershocks in the epicentral area that met the restriction.
18.
Further away from the epicentral area the damage was light to non-existent, though it was felt strongly at the port cities of Safaga and Queseir, and to the west in Qena.
19.
Twelve days after the mainshock a French-Soviet team installed a temporary seismic network in the epicentral area to record aftershock activity ( a separate expedition from the United States also visited the site ).
20.
The event was felt in the epicentral area with an intensity of VII degrees on the Mercalli intensity scale, and VI degrees in Bucharest; likewise, the quake was felt strong enough in Dobruja.
