China New Network, Shandong Lanling, May 31 (Hao Xuejuan) At 13:23 on May 31, 2020, the mined area of the Yuanfa Gypsum Mine in Lanling Town, Lanling County, Shandong Province collapsed, and the collapsed area was about 10 mu without personnel casualties.
The reporter learned from the Propaganda Department of the Lanling County Party Committee of Linyi City that the collapse of the mine and the collapse on December 28, 2019 belong to the same mined area, and both belong to the subsequent natural collapse of the artificial forced roofing area. The mine was shut down on December 25, 2015. In April 2018, it was approved by the Linyi City Security Committee to conduct a pilot trial of forced roofing. There are no people living on the ground in the mined-out area. According to the governance plan, 13 nearby villages have been relocated as a whole. Measures such as warning signs, physical isolation, high-altitude observation and inspection supervision have been adopted.
According to the official measurement by the China Seismic Network: a magnitude 3.0 earthquake occurred in Lanling County (collapse) (34.66 degrees north latitude, 117.89 degrees east longitude) at 13:23 on May 31, Shandong.
According to information from the website of the Lanling County Government, Lanling Town is located at the junction of four counties, three cities, two provinces, with a total area of 136 square kilometers and 114 villages under its jurisdiction, with 136,000 people. Lanling is rich in products, with 1.66 billion tons of gypsum reserves and 1.6 billion tons of iron ore reserves. (Finish)