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China News Service, September 16 According to China Earthquake Networks, a magnitude 6.0 earthquake occurred at 4:33 on September 16 in Lu County, Luzhou City, Sichuan Province (29.20 degrees north latitude, 105.34 degrees east longitude), with a focal depth of 10 kilometers.
At 4:55, a magnitude 2.8 earthquake occurred in Lu County, Luzhou City, Sichuan Province (29.17 degrees north latitude, 105.36 degrees east longitude) with a focal depth of 15 kilometers.
According to official news from Luzhou Emergency Management Bureau, Luzhou has initiated a first-level emergency response.
Image source: China Seismological Network
China Earthquake Networks reported that the epicenter of the 6.0 magnitude earthquake was 16 kilometers away from Longchang City, 36 kilometers away from Fushun County, 38 kilometers away from Luzhou City, 196 kilometers away from Chengdu City, and 124 kilometers away from Chongqing City.
The epicenter was 3 kilometers away from the nearest Fuji Town and 7 kilometers away from the county seat of Luxian County.
CCTV News reported that many earthquakes in Chengdu and Chongqing were obvious.
Image source: China Seismological Network
According to the official news of the Luzhou Emergency Management Bureau, a magnitude 6.0 earthquake occurred in Lu County, Luzhou City, Sichuan, and Luzhou City has initiated a first-level emergency response.
According to the China Earthquake Network Express Catalogue, a total of 252 earthquakes of magnitude 3 or above occurred within 200 kilometers of the epicenter in the past five years. The epicenter 0 kilometers) and the 6.0-magnitude earthquake that occurred in Changning County, Yibin City, Sichuan Province on June 17, 2019 (105 kilometers from the epicenter).
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