China News Network, Chengdu, April 2 (Reporter Liu Zhongjun) Reporter learned from the Shiqu County Emergency Management Bureau in Ganzi Prefecture, Sichuan on April 2, that a magnitude 5.6 earthquake that occurred in the county has caused 84 townships (towns, fields) in 84 The 790 houses in the village were damaged to varying degrees and 4067 people were affected. 57 houses in Seda County suffered wall cracks to varying degrees.
At 20:23 on April 1st, a magnitude 5.6 earthquake occurred in Shiqu County (33.04 degrees north latitude, 98.92 degrees east longitude) with a focal depth of 10 kilometers. The epicenter was located in Changxugongma Township, and it is sparsely populated. It is 140 kilometers from the county seat and 5 kilometers from the epicenter. The average altitude within the range is 4,661 meters. At the time of the earthquake, surrounding towns such as Wenbo Town, Ariza Town, Changxuganma Township, and Waxu Township all felt the quake and were affected to varying degrees. Among them, Chajia Village, Changxugongma Township, is the closest to the epicenter and has been hit hard. As of 8:00 on April 2nd, one magnitude 3.0 aftershock and one magnitude 3.3 aftershock had occurred in the local area. No casualties were reported. The quake caused damage to 790 houses in 84 villages in 15 townships (towns, fields) to varying degrees, and affected 4,067 people, with an estimated economic loss of 79.83 million yuan.
After the earthquake, Shi Qu immediately launched an emergency response plan, conducted in-depth epicenter investigations to verify the disaster situation, condolences to the affected people, and did a good job of emergency transfer and resettlement and disaster relief. Emergency deployment of 82 people from Changxugongma Township, Zhamai Working Committee, Emergency Management, Civil Affairs, Fire Fighting, Transportation and other rural cadres to form the first echelon to go to Jiangma Village, Chaga Village and Changxu Town Ganma Township, Lingduo Village, and some temples and other places to conduct nuclear disaster inspections; more than 300 people including political and legal police, medical rescue, power communications, emergency militia, etc. were set up to form the second rescue and assault team to penetrate the disaster area to resist disasters; organized 23 townships in Shiqu County (Town, field), county-level contact units, the first secretary, the village work team and village (community) party members and cadres, and more than 1,200 people at the grassroots level set up a third echelon and entered the village to conduct disaster inspection, self-rescue, mass transfer, Disaster warning and other efforts will be made to ensure the safety of people's lives and property. As of 8:00 on April 2nd, 30 epicenters of emergency shelters have been erected in the epicenter, and a total of 1,447 people from 262 households have been transferred and resettled. Ten medical supplies such as alcohol, bandages, suture packs, and panax notogins were prepared for epidemic prevention in the resettlement area. Anti-virus kills and sets up temporary security control points.
Fire rescue workers are setting up emergency rescue tents in the earthquake zone. Photo courtesy of Shiqu County
In response to the high and cold conditions in the quake zone, rescue supplies such as 76 tents, 105 beds of quilts, and 1,000 sets of cotton clothes and cotton pants were deployed overnight to strengthen cold protection and heating, and fully protect the needs of people in the disaster areas. Local communications and electricity are currently operating normally.
Aiming at the hidden danger points of post-earthquake geological disasters, the relevant local authorities conducted in-depth investigations on 28 hidden danger points of geological disasters in Zhamai area, and conducted telephone dispatch to the remaining 144 hidden danger points of geological disasters in Shiqu County to collect the hidden danger points in time. At present, there are no abnormalities in the hidden danger points.
According to a preliminary investigation in Seda County, Ganzi Prefecture, the quake was strongly felt in Dongran No.1 and No.2 Villages and Menglong Temple in Niduo Town of the county. There were no casualties, no houses collapsed, and the walls of some houses were cracked. A preliminary investigation revealed that 57 houses had cracked walls to varying degrees, involving 214 farmers and herdsmen in 52 households and 2 monks. Among them, Dongran No.1 villager's house was damaged by 176 people in 43 households; Dongran No.2 villager's house was damaged by 9 households and 38 people; and Menglong Temple was damaged by 5 buildings (classic hall, kitchen, toilet, and two monk houses). (Finish)