(Shandong Comprehensive News) A magnitude 5.5 earthquake occurred in the Richmi -level earthquake in Texas, Shandong Province, China, which caused 126 houses to collapse and 20 people were injured.

Comprehensive Xinhua News Agency and China News Agency reported that a magnitude 5.5 earthquake occurred at 2:33 am in Pingyuan County, Dezhou City on Sunday (August 6), with a depth of 10 kilometers.The earthquake is 8 kilometers away from Pingyuan County and 82 kilometers in Jinan City, Shandong Province.This is the largest earthquake in Shandong Province in 10 years.

Within six hours of the earthquake, the local area recorded 59 times in the local area, of which 3 and above were once.As of 7 am on Sunday, a total of 126 houses in the earthquake area collapsed and 20 people were slightly injured.

Online video clips show that when the earthquake occurs, the earthquake is strong, the items on the shelves fall, and the chandeliers in the residents' homes shake obvious.Some people were wrapped in bed sheets after being woken up in their sleep, and many residents fought the ground in the square.

After the earthquake, the third -level emergency response from Shandong Province, 107 people in the Texas Fire Team went to the epicenter to rescue.The Office and Emergency Management Department of the State Council of the State Council also launched a national earthquake -level emergency response and sent a working group to the scene.

The Beijing Bureau of China Railway has also launched a first -level emergency response to take deduction measures to operate trains such as the Beijing -Shanghai high -speed rail, Beijing -Shanghai line, and Beijing -Kowloon Line of the Shandong Plain in the jurisdiction area.

Except in Shandong Province, there are shocks in Hebei and most areas bordered by Shandong.According to experts from experts, this earthquake will not have a significant impact on short -term earthquake activities in Beijing.

In the past 10 years, a total of 44 earthquakes in the third level of the Li Shi have occurred in Shandong, of which 43 times below 6.0, 5.0 to 5.9 levels.