Preface to the special issue on the 2008 great Wenchuan earthquake **aofei Chen Article 13 May 2009 Pages: 107 - 108
Spatio-temporal variation and focal mechanism of the Wenchuan MS8.0 earthquake sequence Wanzheng ChengZhiwei Zhang**ang Ruan Article 13 May 2009 Pages: 109 - 117
The seismicity and tectonic stress field characteristics of the Longmenshan fault zone before the Wenchuan MS8.0 earthquake Zhiwei ZhangWanzheng ChengPeng Wu Article 13 May 2009 Pages: 119 - 128
Fast assessment of earthquake loss and its application to the 2008 MS8.0 Wenchuan earthquake **aoqing Wang**ang DingYan Wang Article 13 May 2009 Pages: 129 - 133
Short-term and imminent geomagnetic anomalies of the Wenchuan MS8.0 earthquake and exploration on earthquake forecast Wuxing WangJianhai DingYongxian Zhang Article 13 May 2009 Pages: 135 - 141
Coseismic responses of groundwater levels in the Three Gorges well-network to the Wenchuan MS8.0 earthquake Chenglong LiuGuangcai WangJiangchang Mei Article 13 May 2009 Pages: 143 - 148
Characteristics of coseismic water level changes at Tangshan well for the Wenchuan MS8.0 earthquake and its larger aftershocks Baojun YinLi MaWuxing Wang Article 13 May 2009 Pages: 149 - 157
A modified exponential model for reported death toll during earthquakes **nyan WuJianhua Gu Article 13 May 2009 Pages: 159 - 164
Damage to urban buildings in zones of intensities VIII and VII during the Wenchuan earthquake and discussion on some typical damages **gjiang SunYuhong TangZhongxian Sun Article 13 May 2009 Pages: 165 - 173
Wenchuan earthquake fault and seismic disaster Boming Zhao**wei Xu Article 13 May 2009 Pages: 175 - 179
The strong ground motion observation for the Wenchuan aftershock Ruizhi WenZhenghua ZhouJianwen Cui Article 13 May 2009 Pages: 181 - 187
Application of teleseismic tomography to the study of shallow structure beneath Shizigou in the western Qaidam basin **aoming XuYinsheng MaChengming Yin Article 13 May 2009 Pages: 189 - 195
A numerical study of comparison of two one-state-variable, rate- and state-dependent friction evolution laws Jeen-Hwa Wang Article 13 May 2009 Pages: 197 - 204
Numerical modeling of wave equation by a truncated high-order finite-difference method Yang LiuMrinal K. Sen Article 13 May 2009 Pages: 205 - 213