An earthquake of magnitude 2.6 occurred in Yulin, Shaanxi. The coal mine goaf collapsed normally and no casualties have been reported.
Beijing News (Reporter Liu Ruiming) At 7:55 on December 15, a magnitude 2.6 earthquake occurred in Yuyang District, Yulin City, Shaanxi (38.50 degrees north latitude, 109.78 degrees east longitude).
A reporter from the Beijing News learned from the local town government that the location of the earthquake was the Jinjitan Coal Mine, which was the normal collapse of the coal mine goaf. There were no casualties or house collapses.
The location of the earthquake.
According to the official measurement of China Earthquake Networks, at 7:55 on December 15, an earthquake of magnitude 2.6 occurred in Yuyang District (sagging) (38.50 degrees north latitude, 109.78 degrees east longitude) in Yuyang District, Yulin City, Shaanxi.
At about 11 o'clock on December 15, the staff of the Jinjitan Township Government told the Beijing News that the goaf of the Jinjitan Coal Mine in the earthquake system collapsed normally.
At the time of the incident, the Jinjitan Coal Mine was in normal production.
No casualties or house collapses have been found.
The staff of the Jinjitan Town Government said that they rushed to the scene as soon as the incident occurred.
"There are cracks on the road near the incident, but it does not affect normal use."
A staff member of the Yuyang District Emergency Management Bureau told the Beijing News that the staff had rushed to the scene. “There were no casualties in the coal mines during the incident. The surrounding villages are being expanded to check whether there are casualties or property losses. Happening."
Public information shows that Jinjitan Coal Mine is located in Yuyang District, Yulin City, Shaanxi Province, and belongs to Shaanxi Future Energy Chemical Co., Ltd. It is a supporting mine for the 1 million tons/year indirect coal liquefaction comprehensive utilization project.
The buried depth of the coal seam of the mine is between 230-430 meters, the geological resource reserves are 1.826 billion tons, and the designed recoverable reserves are 898 million tons.
The Jinjitan Coal Mine Project has a total estimated investment of 4.634 billion yuan. Construction was officially started in February 2012 and trial production was completed at the end of June 2014.