使用者:PhiLiP/汶川大地震

直接破壞

美國地質調查局的地震地圖

包括金茂大廈與香港新世界大廈在內的位於上海金融區的多幢辦公樓均被疏散。成都西藏飯店的一名招待員稱，在飯店疏散了所有的客人後，情況「平靜了下來」。其間，四川的一間福特工廠的工人們也在大約10分鐘內疏散完畢。成都的雙流國際機場在地震後關閉，航管樓與地區雷達管制均被疏散。飛往成都的勝安航空班機轉降在了鄰近的昆明。在周一晚上8時（協調世界時12時），雙流機場有限度地重新開放。

成都市區的部分居民樓出現了牆體開裂的現象，但未有建築物倒塌。由於空中交通服務的中斷，國泰航空推延了香港與倫敦之間的日間雙向航班。北京的許多辦公大廈亦被疏散，其中包括有北京奧運會組委會媒體辦公室所在的建築。但奧運場館均未受損。此外，甘肅省境內的一列載有13箱燃油的貨運列車出軌，在軌道變形後引發了火災。

通往汶川的所有公路均遭損毀，導致救援的軍隊不能及時地進入震中。在四川與周邊地區有超過2,300座中國移動的基站退出了服務，中國聯通在汶川的網絡徹底中斷。在北川縣，有80%的建築倒塌。在什邡市，有兩個化工廠的廠區坍塌，導致了數百人被掩埋以及80餘噸液氨洩漏。在震中東北方向的都江堰市，一幢學校教學樓的坍塌導致了50人的死亡與900人被掩埋。埋有大量學生的聚源中學正在被平民與起重機挖掘。都江堰市是都江堰水利工程的所在地，這一古老的水利工程至今依然在發揮作用，並被列入了世界遺產名目。在這次地震中，著名的分水工程「魚嘴」遭到了一定程度的破壞，但除此之外沒有其他的損壞。

Shanghai Stock Exchange and Shenzhen Stock Exchange suspended trading of companies based in southwestern China. Copper rose over speculations that production in southwestern China may be affected, and oil prices dropped over speculations that demand from China will fall.

China Mobile had more than 2,300 stations suspended due to power disruption or severe telecommunication traffic congestion. Half of the wireless communications were lost in the Sichuan province. China Unicom's service in Wenchuan and four nearby counties were cut off, with more than 700 towers suspended.

Initially, officials were unable to contact the Wolong National Nature Reserve, home to around 280 giant pandas. However, China’s Foreign Ministry later said that a group of 31 British tourists visiting the Wolong panda reserve in the quake-hit area have returned safe and uninjured to the provincial capital. Nonetheless, the well-being of an even greater number of pandas in the neighbouring panda reserves remains unknown at this point in time.

The Zipingpu Hydropower Plant located 20 km east of the epicenter has been destroyed. The dam has severe cracks and "the plant and associated buildings have collapsed, and some are partly sunk.". The Tulong reservoir Upstream is in danger of collapse.About 2,000 troops have been allocated to Zipingpu, trying to release the pressure through spillway. In total, 391 dams, most of them small, were reported damaged by the quake.