On January 2, 2022, a magnitude 5.5 earthquake occurred in Ninglang County, Lijiang City, Yunnan Province (27.79 degrees north latitude, 100.65 degrees east longitude) with a focal depth of 10 kilometers.
It is understood that the epicenter is about 60 kilometers away from the nearest county, Ninglang County, Lijiang City, and about 3 kilometers away from Yongning Town, Ninglang County, Lijiang City, the nearest town.
The highest intensity is expected to be VII degree, with a total area of 1389 square kilometers and a total population of 24,000 people.
After the earthquake, the Ninglang Brigade of the Lijiang Detachment of the Yunnan Fire Rescue Corps dispatched a total of 4 vehicles and 15 people from the front detachment to Ninglang County, the epicenter of the earthquake, to investigate the disaster. A light search and rescue team of 60 people from the Lijiang Detachment has been assembled and dispatched; at the same time, the corps mobilized Dali across regions A total of 280 people from the heavy search and rescue teams, three light search and rescue teams from Baoshan, Diqing, and Chuxiong, rushed to the disaster area to provide reinforcements.
The Lijiang Detachment of the Yunnan Forest Fire Fighting Corps pointed out that 13 people, 70 people from Yulong Brigade, and 37 people from Ninglang Squadron, a total of 120 people drove towards the epicenter.
According to the official Weibo news of the Yunnan Seismological Bureau, as of 16:54, the local earthquake department reported that the earthquake had caused 15 injuries.
(Reporter: Du Xiaoxiao Video source: Yunnan Provincial Fire and Rescue Brigade, Yunnan Forest Fire Brigade)
Editor in charge: [Lu Yan]