China News Service, Chengdu, July 15 (Reporter He Shao Qing Anyuan Liu Zhongjun) According to the China Seismological Network, a 4.8 magnitude earthquake occurred in Wenchuan County, Aba Prefecture, Sichuan (30.97 degrees north latitude, 103.37 degrees east longitude) at 23:36 on the 14th. The focal depth is 15 kilometers.
The Sichuan Earthquake Administration has determined that the earthquake is located in the southern part of the Wenchuan aftershock area, which is an ups and downs in the Wenchuan aftershock area.
No reports of disasters and casualties have been received yet.
The epicenter of the earthquake was 26 kilometers away from Dujiangyan City, 48 kilometers away from Chongzhou City, and 76 kilometers away from Chengdu City.
The towns within 20 kilometers are Sanjiang Town, Xuankou Town, Gengda Town, Yingxiu Town and Wolong Town.
The earthquake caused strong tremors in Dujiangyan, and obvious tremors in Chengdu, Deyang, and Leshan.
After the Wenchuan 4.8 earthquake occurred, the China Earthquake Early Warning Network produced earthquake early warning information 5 seconds after the earthquake, and Chengdu received the early warning information 19 seconds before the earthquake wave arrived.
"I was sleeping during the earthquake yesterday. The shaking was very severe at the time, but the shaking stopped before my family and I ran out. After a while, fire officers and soldiers came to the house to find out if there was a disaster." said Lanhua, a resident of Shuimo Town, Wenchuan County, Shuimo Town My house was rebuilt after the 2008 disaster and can withstand a magnitude 8.0 earthquake. I saw no major problems with nearby houses this morning, only a few of them had slight cracks.
According to statistics, since 1970, 120 earthquakes of magnitude 4.0 and above have occurred within 50 kilometers of the epicenter of this 4.8 earthquake (including Wenchuan aftershocks).
Among them, there were 100 earthquakes of magnitude 4.0 to 4.9, 15 earthquakes of magnitude 5.0 to 5.9, 4 earthquakes of magnitude 6.0 to 6.9, and 1 earthquake of magnitude 8.0.
Among these earthquakes, the most recent earthquake was the magnitude 4.0 earthquake in Wenchuan County, Aba Prefecture, Sichuan Province on February 26, 2017, and the magnitude 8.0 earthquake in Wenchuan County, Sichuan Province, on May 12, 2008, was the most recent earthquake.
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