鲁甸 (Lǔdiàn): Ludian (county in Zhaotong, northeastern Yunnan Province; site of the 2014 earthquake)

Meanings

1 Ludian (county in Zhaotong, northeastern Yunnan Province; site of the 2014 earthquake)

Characters

鲁

lǔ

Lu (state of ancient Shandong)

甸

diàn

suburbs; outlying district

Examples

鲁甸县在2014年发生了6.5级地震。

Lǔdiàn Xiàn zài èr líng yī sì nián fāshēng le liù diǎn wǔ jí dìzhèn.

A magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck Ludian County in 2014.

鲁甸位于云南昭通市。

Lǔdiàn wèiyú Yúnnán Zhāotōng Shì.

Ludian is located in Zhaotong City, Yunnan.

Tips

history

On 3 August 2014 Ludian was hit by a magnitude 6.5 earthquake that killed over 600 people — one of Yunnan's deadliest modern seismic events, widely covered in Chinese news and commonly referenced together with 汶川 and 玉树 in disaster-response discussions.