China News Service, Xining, May 23 (Reporter Hu Guilong and Zhang Tianfu) Ma Yuhu, deputy director of the Qinghai Seismological Bureau, said in Qinghai on the 23rd that as of 10 o'clock on the 23rd, a total of 1,169 aftershocks were recorded, of which the largest aftershock was 5.1. The space for aftershocks The distribution length is 170 kilometers.
After discussion and judgment, it is comprehensively judged that this earthquake is of the main shock-aftershock type, and the aftershock activity level is about 6 magnitude.
On the same day, the Information Office of the Qinghai Provincial People's Government held a press conference on the disaster relief of the "5.22" earthquake in Maduo, Qinghai. The person in charge of the relevant department introduced the situation.
On May 22, the affected residents moved into tents at the square resettlement site in Machali Town, Maduo County, Guoluo Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai Province.
After the magnitude 7.4 earthquake occurred in Maduo County, the affected people moved into tents in an orderly manner, and the local living supplies were adequately stocked in order.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Ma Mingyan
China Earthquake Networks monitoring shows that at 2:4 on May 22, a magnitude 7.4 earthquake occurred in Maduo County, Guoluo Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai Province. This is the highest magnitude earthquake in China after the Wenchuan earthquake.
According to Ma Yuhu, the Seismological Bureau of Qinghai Province recorded multiple earthquakes on the 22nd. For example, a magnitude 3.1 earthquake occurred in Henan County, Huangnan Prefecture, Qinghai at 04:05, a magnitude 4.4 earthquake occurred in Maqu, Gansu at 11:30, and a magnitude 4.4 earthquake occurred in Qinghai at 12:03. A magnitude 4.0 earthquake occurred in Dulan County, Xizhou, and a magnitude 4.8 earthquake occurred in Maqin County at 15:06.
Li Fang, deputy chief of the Qinghai Fire and Rescue Corps, said that from 11 am on the 22nd to 8 am on the 23rd, the Qinghai Fire and Rescue Corps had 70 fire trucks and 296 officers and soldiers mainly responsible for personnel search and rescue, evacuation and transfer of people, tent erection, and fire inspections in disaster areas. For other tasks, 826 households were investigated in key areas, 3,765 people were evacuated, 210 disaster relief tents were set up, and more than 500 people were temporarily resettled.
Li Jun, director of the Political Department of the Qinghai Provincial Emergency Management Department, said that after the second round of preliminary inspections, up to now, a total of 17 people in Maduo County and Maqin County of Guoluo Prefecture have suffered minor injuries, and 12 of them have been treated and discharged.
More than 20,000 people have been resettled to avoid danger.
According to Li Jun, up to now, 12 types and 31461 pieces (tops and sets) of cotton tents, cotton coats, cotton quilts, and winter clothes have arrived in the disaster area. The supply of goods in the disaster area is basically sufficient.
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