CCTV News:According to the official measurement by China Seismological Network, an earthquake of magnitude 6.8 occurred at 12: 52 today (September 5) in Luding County, Ganzi Prefecture, Sichuan Province, with a focal depth of 16 kilometers. The epicenter was located at 29.59 degrees north latitude and 102.08 degrees east longitude.
It is understood that the epicenter was 39 kilometers away from Luding County, 47 kilometers away from kangding city and 52 kilometers away from Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. After the earthquake, the Sichuan Provincial Fire and Rescue Corps immediately dispatched 30 members of Luding County Qiantu Group to the epicenter to verify the disaster situation, and urgently dispatched 530 earthquake rescue forces from 7 detachments including Ganzi, Chengdu, Deyang, Leshan, Ya ‘an, Meishan and Ziyang to the epicenter to carry out rescue immediately. In addition, 237 people from the first echelon of Sichuan Forest Fire Brigade carried out motorized maneuvers to the epicenter of Luding County, Ganzi Prefecture, and went to the disaster area for rescue.
Start the national earthquake emergency three-level response.
After the earthquake, the the State Council Earthquake Relief Headquarters Office and the Emergency Management Department immediately launched the national earthquake emergency three-level response, and the National Disaster Reduction Committee and the Emergency Management Department launched the national four-level emergency response.
The heads of the State Council Earthquake Relief Headquarters and Emergency Management Department have dispatched personnel to search and rescue, disaster verification, earthquake monitoring and secondary disaster prevention in the command center of Emergency Management Department, sent a working group led by the director of Seismological Bureau of China to the site to guide the earthquake relief work, and dispatched national comprehensive fire rescue forces to the earthquake zone.
The Ministry of Natural Resources launched a three-level response to geological disaster prevention.
The reporter learned from the Ministry of Natural Resources that after the earthquake with a magnitude of 6.8 occurred in Luding County, the Ministry of Natural Resources urgently launched a three-level response to geological disaster prevention, and sent an expert working group to the earthquake area to help guide the local authorities to do technical support work such as post-earthquake secondary disaster investigation and emergency disposal.
The epicenter of Beijing-Kunming Expressway Yaye Expressway is operating normally.
According to the news from the Road Network Center of the Ministry of Transport, an earthquake of magnitude 6.8 occurred in Luding County today, with an average elevation of about 2,684 meters within 5 kilometers of the epicenter, 20 kilometers from National Highway 318 and 15 kilometers from Provincial Highway 211. The Ministry of Transport immediately dispatched the Sichuan Provincial Department of Transportation to do a good job in highway investigation, road network monitoring, information reporting and other related work. At present, the Beijing-Kunming Expressway and Yaye Expressway in the epicenter are operating normally, and the highway department has controlled the National Highway 318. The damage of other highways is under investigation.
The railway department has started the emergency plan, and some trains will be delayed.
The reporter learned from Chengdu Bureau of China Railway that, after the earthquake, in order to ensure the safety of passenger transportation, the railway department has launched an emergency plan, urgently blocked the sections with earthquake, comprehensively inspected the driving equipment and investigated the potential safety hazards. It is expected that some trains will be delayed to varying degrees due to this influence. The railway department reminds travelers to pay attention to the changes of train time at any time.