China News Service, Mianyang, October 21 (Reporter Yang Yong Liu Zhongjun) At 12:04 on October 21, a magnitude 4.6 earthquake occurred in Beichuan County (31.84 degrees north latitude, 104.17 degrees east longitude) in Mianyang City, Sichuan Province, with a focal depth of 17 kilometers. The tremor felt obvious in the Badichang Town, and some household items were damaged.
"I just came out of the cafeteria after eating, I felt an earthquake, shaking badly, but it stopped after a while." A government official in Beichuan County told reporters.
After the earthquake, the police stations of the Beichuan County Public Security Bureau acted immediately to conduct comprehensive patrols, visits and inquiries to the towns, shops, residents' homes and along the roads in the jurisdiction to find out whether they were affected by the earthquake and whether there was a disaster, and to the geological disaster points along the road. Check for collapse and falling rocks, and remind passing vehicles to slow down and observe the traffic.
The Beichuan County Fire Rescue Brigade of Mianyang City immediately dispatched 2 fire trucks and 10 commanders and fighters to the epicenter to check the disaster situation in accordance with the dispatch of the City 119 Command Center.
At present, no calls have been received to report the disaster, and the local people's production and life order is normal.
Beichuan County Emergency Management Bureau quickly organized the collection of the disaster situation and feedback information from the villages and towns such as the bottom of the dam, the manger, Yuli, Baini, and Leigu. There were no reports of casualties and property losses. The specific situation is still being verified.
After the earthquake occurred, experts from the Sichuan Seismological Bureau quickly started consultations, and at the same time sent a working group to the earthquake area to conduct investigations and other work.
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