Sichuan Province, which has recently been rebounded by drought limit and crown disease, has been newly impacted.A magnitude 6.8 earthquake occurred at nearly 1 pm on Monday (September 5) in Luding County, Ganzi Prefecture in western Sichuan. The provincial capital Chengdu and Chongqing clearly felt the shaking.According to the People's Daily client, as of 9 pm on September 5, the number of deaths caused by the earthquake has exceeded 30.
The earthquake is 39 kilometers away from Luding and 226 kilometers from Chengdu. Some local people described the earthquake when the earthquake was "unable to stand", and some netizens also took pictures of the hot pot in the home.Chengdu -Chongqing, Yunnan, Shaanxi, and Guizhou, hundreds of kilometers away.Sichuan Province's previous strongest earthquake was a seven -magnitude earthquake suffered by Aba Prefecture in 2017.
The local residents call the earthquake the strongest after the Wenchuan earthquake
The people interviewed by Luding said that the earthquake in this round of earthquakes was the strongest after the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake. Fortunately, the casualties or buildings collapsed in the county seat.
According to the official report of Ganzi, the earthquake has caused seven deaths in Luding, including four local people and three Hailugou Authority.Shimian County, Ya'an City, East Luding, also killed 14 people.
TheEarthquake also caused damage to hydropower, transportation, and communication infrastructure in some areas. 40,000 users were affected by electricity, and many roads in Sichuan Province were interrupted by multiple roads.
Chinese officials issued instructions on the same day, requiring to minimize life and casualties.Li Keqiang, Premier of the State Council, also instructed that he asked to verify the disaster situation, make every effort to rescue and rescue the wounded, and repair damaged transportation and communication as soon as possible.The State Council also sent a working group to Sichuan to guide earthquake relief.
The Sichuan Provincial Government sent 560 people from various places to check the disaster and start rescue. Governor Huang Qiang went to the disaster area to fight earthquake relief.The Sichuan Provincial Department of Finance has dispatched a total of 100 million yuan (S $ 20 million) to Ganzi Prefecture and Ya'an City, which was affected by this earthquake;Essence
According to the Sichuan media on -site observation, the order of Luding County after the earthquake is well -organized, the traffic and people are in an orderly manner, and their lives have gradually returned to normal. Students have returned to classrooms.Nearby Luding Hydropower Station is also safe, and power generation has not been affected.
Ms. Li, who runs a homestay in Hailuogou, said in an interview with Lianhe Morning Post that she went to Luding County to do business on the first morning of Monday and had a earthquake when she stopped the car in the underground parking lot. "The earthquake was very strong.We hugged the child and ran out ... (Earthquake) more than 10 seconds, and we were still shaking when we ran out. "
Ms. Li said that the road to return to Hailou is not connected. Although I have contacted her family, the phone "gets through all of a sudden, and it can't be connected at once. We are still very worried now."
Wang Chao, a resident of Luding County, who was engaged in catering work, also said in an interview that he was on the second floor at home when he was in the incident.She said that the county town was rarely damaged, but there were mountains collapse around the county, and the damage was severely damaged by Moxi Town, 20 kilometers away from the epicenter.
The export of the Hailuogou Tunnel is currently seriously blocked at 200 meters, and some roads are interrupted.The house interrupted by the communication was damaged to varying degrees, the doors and windows were skewed, the exterior walls were peeled, and the roof wall collapsed.
Zhu Ming, deputy dean of Chengdu Shitong Research Institute, evaluated in an interview that this wave of earthquakes had little impact on Sichuan, "mainly psychological effects."However, after the drought limit, epidemic, and earthquake, some vital industries such as electronics and military industry may be transferred to other provinces and cities to start backup to hedge risk.
