BEIJING/CHENGDU: Four people were killed and 14 injured in a powerful 6.1-magnitude earthquake that struck southwest China’s Yan’an city, officials said. sichuan According to the city’s earthquake relief headquarters, the province on Wednesday afternoon.
The earthquake rocked the Lushan County of Yan’an in Sichuan at 5:00 PM local time China Earthquake Network Center ,CENC,
CENC said the epicenter of the quake was found at a depth of 17 km at 30.4 degrees north latitude and 102.9 degrees east longitude.
China’s deadliest 7.9 magnitude earthquake struck Sichuan province in 2008, killing 90,000 people.
After Wednesday’s quake, another tremor of magnitude 4.5 struck Ya’an City’s Baoxing County as well.
The People’s Daily reported that four people were killed and 14 others were injured in the quake.
All casualties have been reported from the state-run Baoxing County. xinhua news agency Yan reported quoting the city’s earthquake relief headquarters.
Ya’an has activated the second highest level of emergency response for the quake and is assessing the damage.
More than 800 personnel from emergency rescue, armed police, fire departments, the medical field and the Bureau of Public Safety were immediately dispatched to the quake-hit areas to search for and rescue the injured, repair roads and affected residents. to be transferred.
The Ministry of Emergency Management said that A Level-III National Emergency Response has been activated to conduct relief operations.
The ministry said a task force has been dispatched to guide and assist local emergency rescue efforts.
The ministry said local firefighters have reached the epicenter, while earthquake rescue teams from Sichuan and other neighboring regions are ready for relief operations.
The earthquake rocked the Lushan County of Yan’an in Sichuan at 5:00 PM local time China Earthquake Network Center ,CENC,
CENC said the epicenter of the quake was found at a depth of 17 km at 30.4 degrees north latitude and 102.9 degrees east longitude.
China’s deadliest 7.9 magnitude earthquake struck Sichuan province in 2008, killing 90,000 people.
After Wednesday’s quake, another tremor of magnitude 4.5 struck Ya’an City’s Baoxing County as well.
The People’s Daily reported that four people were killed and 14 others were injured in the quake.
All casualties have been reported from the state-run Baoxing County. xinhua news agency Yan reported quoting the city’s earthquake relief headquarters.
Ya’an has activated the second highest level of emergency response for the quake and is assessing the damage.
More than 800 personnel from emergency rescue, armed police, fire departments, the medical field and the Bureau of Public Safety were immediately dispatched to the quake-hit areas to search for and rescue the injured, repair roads and affected residents. to be transferred.
The Ministry of Emergency Management said that A Level-III National Emergency Response has been activated to conduct relief operations.
The ministry said a task force has been dispatched to guide and assist local emergency rescue efforts.
The ministry said local firefighters have reached the epicenter, while earthquake rescue teams from Sichuan and other neighboring regions are ready for relief operations.