At 17:00 yesterday (1st), an earthquake of magnitude 6.1 occurred in Lushan County, Ya'an City, Sichuan, with a focal depth of 17 kilometers; at 17:03 that day, an earthquake of magnitude 4.5 occurred in Baoxing County, Ya'an City, with a focal depth of 18 kilometers.
The earthquake caused damage to some towns and houses in Lushan County and Baoxing County.
As of 6:00 this morning (2nd), 4 people were killed in Baoxing County, 14 people were injured, and 11 people were injured in Lushan County.
At present, the Ya'an Earthquake Relief Headquarters has mobilized emergency rescue, armed police, firefighting, medical, public security, militia and other rescue forces to go to the earthquake-stricken area to carry out personnel search and rescue, treatment of the wounded, road salvage, and mass transfer and resettlement.