May 12th earth quake is the deadliest and strongest tremor to hit China since the 1976 Tangshan earthquake. 

[Magnitude]8.0
[Aftershocks]Over 30,000
[Dead/Missing]69,227/17,923
[Survivors]84,000
[People resettled]15.1 mln
[Direct losses]845.1 bln yuan
[Gov´t quake rehabilitation fund by 2010]3 tln yuan
[Domestic/Overseas donations]59.27 bln yuan

(CCTV May 5, 2009)