China News Service, Nanning, August 5 (Reporter Lin Hao) The Emergency Management Department of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region notified on the 5th that as of 6 o'clock on August 5, the earthquake of magnitude 4.8 in Debao, Guangxi caused a total of 5 rockfalls in the area, 22 of which Cracks appeared on the walls of the houses, and five cows were killed after a farmer’s cowshed collapsed.

At present, the authorities have evacuated 4281 people from 1,222 households, and have not received any reports of casualties caused by the earthquake.

　　According to the Guangxi Emergency Department, at 19:12 on August 4, 2021, a magnitude 4.8 earthquake occurred in Debao County (23.38 degrees north latitude, 106.71 degrees east longitude) in Baise City, Guangxi, with a focal depth of 10 kilometers.

As of 08:00 on August 5, 10 earthquakes of magnitude M0.0 and above have been recorded, including one earthquake of magnitude 4.0-4.9.

　　After the disaster occurred, the Ministry of Emergency Management, the China Earthquake Administration, the Party Committee of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, and the government paid great attention to it and required the study and judgment of earthquake trends and emergency rescue work to be done.

Debao County quickly initiated Level IV emergency response, set up a command organization, and arranged for cadres to lead 366 emergency personnel to all relevant natural villages in Zurong Town (Epicenter) to mobilize and organize the masses to evacuate from dangerous points. At present, 1,222 households have been evacuated and resettled. 4281 people.

Organize emergency forces such as communications and power, and deal with communications and power facilities and equipment damaged by the earthquake.

A total of 9578 pieces of materials such as tents, folding beds, quilts, and clothes are reserved.

The picture shows the fire and rescue personnel assembled on standby.

Photo courtesy of Guangxi Fire Rescue Corps

　　The Guangxi Emergency Response Department stated that the next step will be to strengthen earthquake monitoring and forecasting to prevent landslides, mudslides, rolling rocks caused by aftershocks and the collapse of key facilities such as reservoirs, hydropower stations, bridges, culverts, embankments, sand dams, etc., causing casualties; strengthening rain and water conditions Situation forecast and early warning and emergency on duty to strictly prevent all kinds of secondary disasters.

　　At the same time, Guangxi will organize the investigation of potential safety hazards, promptly set up warning signs in dangerous areas and arrange personnel on duty; properly arrange the transfer of people’s lives, distribute emergency avoidance materials in a timely manner, and ensure the basic lives of the people; organize all units to conduct safety hazards in office spaces Investigation; combined with flood prevention work, carry out safety hazards investigation on reservoirs, river dikes and various tailings ponds, and strengthen them in time, and do their utmost to reduce the risk loss caused by earthquake disasters to a minimum.

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