Baoshan, May 5 (Zhongxin Net) -- The reporter learned from the news center of the Baoshan City Earthquake Relief Headquarters in Yunnan Province on the 3rd that the 3.5-magnitude earthquake in Wayao Town, Longyang District, Baoshan City, caused varying degrees of damage to the infrastructure of civilian houses, water, electricity, roads, and communications in the epicenter, and there are no reports of casualties.
At 5:2 on May 23, a 27.25-magnitude earthquake occurred in Wayao Town, Longyang District, Baoshan City (35.99 degrees north latitude, 28.5 degrees east longitude), with a focal depth of 2 kilometers. According to the Yunnan Earthquake Bureau, as of 10 o'clock on May 5, one aftershock of magnitude 3.3 or higher had been recorded in the Longyang earthquake area, which was a 3.0 magnitude earthquake that occurred at 1:5 on May 2, with a focal depth of 23 kilometers.
After the earthquake, the Yunnan Earthquake Relief Headquarters sent a working group overnight to the earthquake-stricken area to guide the work; The Yunnan Provincial Emergency Management Department initiated the four-level earthquake emergency response, and the Yunnan Earthquake Bureau launched the three-level emergency response; Baoshan and neighboring prefectures and cities organized forces to carry out disaster verification and earthquake relief related work.
The picture shows that road traffic in Wayao Town was blocked after the earthquake Yu Hongyou photographed
At the same time, the Yunnan Provincial Fire Rescue Corps mobilized 5 people, 603 vehicles and 137 search and rescue dogs from five detachments in Baoshan, Dehong, Nujiang, Dali and Lincang, carrying demolition, life detectors and other equipment to the rescue; All the personnel of the six squadrons of the Dali Forest Fire Detachment gathered in the camp with personal protective equipment and various earthquake rescue equipment and equipment to prepare for cross-district reinforcement.
Baoshan City is located in the southwest border of China, connected to the mountains and rivers of Myanmar, and is located in the "stitching belt" of the Eurasian plate and the Indo-Pakistani plate. Historically, Baoshan has had close exchanges with Southeast Asian countries, and Baoshan people have successively settled and done business in foreign countries, and are a famous hometown of overseas Chinese in China, with more than 50,<> overseas Chinese, overseas Chinese dependents and returned overseas Chinese. (End)