China News Service, Chengdu, June 10th (Yang Yudi) In the early morning of June 10th, a series of earthquakes occurred in Malkang City, Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province. magnitude earthquake.
The Chengdu High-tech Disaster Reduction Institute (hereinafter referred to as the Disaster Reduction Institute) announced that the China Earthquake Early Warning Network jointly constructed by the institute and the China Earthquake Administration successfully warned the earthquake swarm.
The early warning catalog of the Continental Earthquake Early Warning Network of the Malkang earthquake swarm on June 10.
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It is reported that in the early morning of that day, a large number of people received warnings in advance through mobile phones, TVs, and loudspeakers. People in Malkang, Hongyuan and other places evacuated and avoided danger after receiving the warning.
In the 6.0 magnitude earthquake that occurred in Malkang at 1:28, Malkang, 53 kilometers away from the epicenter, had an early warning time of 9 seconds; Kangding, 246 kilometers away from the epicenter, had an early warning time of 60 seconds; Deyang City, 272 kilometers away from the epicenter , the early warning time is 65 seconds; Chengdu, which is 274 kilometers away from the epicenter, has an early warning time of 66 seconds; and Ya'an, 275 kilometers away from the epicenter, has an early warning time of 66 seconds.
TV users receive earthquake warnings.
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Among them, schools, communities, markets and towns that have applied earthquake early warning and reached the triggering conditions, such as Malkang City, Kangding City, Deyang City, Ya'an City, and Chengdu City, issued early warnings in advance, and Chengdu Railway Bureau, Chengdu Metro, and hazardous chemical enterprises received special The terminal receives the early warning, and the mobile phones and TVs with the earthquake early warning function are activated to receive the earthquake early warning information in advance.
Mobile phone users receive earthquake warnings.
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After the earthquake, the Disaster Mitigation Institute also provided emergency data such as intensity quick report maps for relevant departments.
According to the determination of the mainland earthquake early warning network, in the 5.8-magnitude earthquake that occurred in Malkang at 0:03 and the 6.0-magnitude earthquake in Malkang at 1:28 that day, the maximum earthquake intensity was 8 degrees.
The area of 6 degrees and above involves 12 townships in Malkang City, Hongyuan County, and Aba County in Aba Prefecture.
After the earthquake in Malkang, people were evacuated to the gymnasium.
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According to reports, since 2021, Hongyuan County and Malkang City have fully applied earthquake early warning services, realizing comprehensive coverage of earthquake early warning services in schools, communities, temples, office buildings, towns and other places.
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