China News Service, Chengdu, September 16 (Reporter Liu Zhongjun) The Luzhou Emergency Management Bureau of Sichuan Province revealed at 6 am on the 16th that multiple rescue teams have arrived at the epicenter to carry out rescue operations.
According to the official determination of China Earthquake Networks, a 6.0-magnitude earthquake occurred in Lu County, Luzhou City (29.20 degrees north latitude, 105.34 degrees east longitude) at 04:33 on September 16, with a focal depth of 10 kilometers.
(The epicenter of this earthquake is 2 kilometers from Fuji Town, Lu County, Luzhou City, 5 kilometers from Chengxi Industrial Park, Lu County, Luzhou City, and Jiaming Town, where the epicenter is located. The population density is 1087 people/km2, and Lu County has a population density of 499 people/km2.)
The picture comes from the official Weibo of China Earthquake Network
As of 05:00 on September 16, the earthquake caused some houses to collapse.
Two people have been found dead and three injured in Caoba Village, Fuji Town, Lu County.
The Luzhou Emergency Committee has mobilized 24 vehicles and 123 people in the city's fire rescue detachment, 4 vehicles and 38 people in the city's comprehensive emergency rescue detachment, 10 vehicles and 54 people in the Luxian Comprehensive Emergency Rescue Brigade, and 180 military militia members, and activated the military-local coordination and linkage mechanism. Reported to the Luzhou Detachment of the Armed Police Force to dispatch 20 people in three vehicles and have arrived at the epicenter to carry out emergency rescue.
At the same time, rescue teams from medical rescue, electric power, communications, and transportation also rushed to the epicenter to carry out rescue efforts.
The Luzhou Municipal Emergency Committee Office has instructed coal mines to stop underground operations and withdraw all underground operators. There is no abnormal situation in the city’s hazardous chemical companies.
At present, the disaster situation and casualty data are being further collected, and teams at all levels are carrying out emergency rescue in an orderly manner.
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