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汶川地处青藏高原的东南边缘、川西龙门山的中心,位于汶川——茂汶大断裂带上,汶川地震属于浅源构造地震,震级里氏8级,具有两个显著特征。目前地震预测还处于起步阶段,但前景广阔。
Wenchuan is located on the southeastern margin of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and the center of Longmenshan in western Sichuan. It is located on the Wenchuan-Maobun Great Fault Zone. The Wenchuan earthquake belongs to a shallow-source tectonic earthquake with magnitude 8 on the Richter scale and has two distinctive features. The current earthquake prediction is still in its infancy, but the prospects are bright.