China News Service, July 12th. According to the Hebei Seismological Bureau website, China Seismological Network officially determined that a magnitude 5.1 earthquake (39.78 degrees north latitude, 118.44 degrees east longitude) occurred in Guye District, Tangshan, Hebei at 6:38 on July 12. , The focal depth is 10 kilometers.

  It is understood that Tangshan City has obvious earthquake sensations, such as Chengde City, Cangzhou City, Langfang City, and Xiong'an New District, Qinhuangdao City County, Baoding City Yi County, and Zhangjiakou Chicheng and Wei County. There are no reports of casualties, no reports of loss of lifeline. There is no damage to the roads near National Road 205 along the way, and the traffic is normal. The railway department has stopped trains passing through Guye District. The Hebei Provincial Earthquake Administration has released relevant information in time on the official website and Weibo.

  After the earthquake, Executive Vice Governor Yuan Tongli and Vice Governor Shi Qingshuang went to the command hall of the Provincial Earthquake Administration to direct the dispatch work. The Provincial Earthquake Administration immediately initiated a three-level emergency response, dispatched 29 people from the Provincial Earthquake Site Team to the scene, and Director Dai Posheng was rushing to the earthquake site. Zhai Yanzhong, deputy commander of the Provincial Earthquake Administration Command, presided over the first meeting of the Earthquake Emergency Command, and conveyed the spirit of the Secretary Huang Ming of the Emergency Management Department. Report, inform the current earthquake disaster situation and earthquake emergency treatment measures, and deploy earthquake emergency work. The meeting required relevant units to pay close attention to the earthquake situation, ensure smooth communication, quickly collect earthquake and disaster information and do a good job in reporting. The on-site headquarters of the bureau cooperated with the local government to do a good job in emergency response and earthquake relief.

  The earthquake occurred in the old earthquake zone of Tangshan. The nearest fault has not yet been named and is about 6 kilometers away. The other nearest fault is the Zhenzizhen fault, about 12 kilometers away.

  Since 1900, there have been 29 earthquakes (including aftershocks) of magnitude 5.0 or greater within 100 km of the epicenter. Among them, there were 23 earthquakes of 5.0-5.9 magnitude, 4 earthquakes of 6.0-6.9 magnitude, and 2 earthquakes of 7.0-7.9 magnitude. Among these earthquakes, the largest magnitude was the 7.8 magnitude earthquake (distance about 57 kilometers) in Fengnan District, Tangshan City, Hebei Province, July 28, 1976, and the closest in time and space was Luan, Tangshan City, Hebei Province, October 6, 1995. The county had a magnitude 5.0 earthquake and the spatial distance was about 6 kilometers.

  As of 9:20 on July 12, there were 29 aftershocks, 0 earthquakes of magnitude 4 or more, 0 earthquakes of 3.0-3.9, 2 earthquakes of 2.0-2.9, 0 earthquakes of 1.0-1.9, and 27 earthquakes of magnitude 1.0 or less.