TheearthquakeactivityanddamageinmainlandChinain2003arereviewed.Therewere27earthquakeswithamagnitudeofover5.0,resultingin319peoplekilledand7147peopleinjured.Thetotaleconomiclossofover560millionUSdollarsrepresentsthehighestfigureformainlandChinasince1977,anditiscomparabletothetotallossduringonedecadeinthe1980's.ForthefirsttimeChinaInternationalSearchandRescue(CISAR)teamsweredispatchedtodisasterareasinChina,Algeriaandlran.