China News Service, Yingkou, March 17 (Li Hu) According to the China Seismological Network, at 11:50 on March 17, 2024, Beijing time, in Dashiqiao City, Yingkou City, Liaoning Province (122.17 degrees east longitude, 40.79 degrees north latitude) A magnitude 3.6 earthquake occurred with a focal depth of 10 kilometers.

  The reporter learned from the Liaoning Provincial Seismological Bureau that after the earthquake, the Liaoning Provincial Seismological Bureau quickly launched an emergency response to the felt earthquake and sent a vehicle and three people from the Anshan Earthquake Monitoring Center Station to the earthquake area in advance. At the same time, Yang Peilin, a member of the Party Leadership Group and Discipline Inspection Team Leader of the Provincial Seismological Bureau, The Provincial Seismological Bureau's on-site team of 2 vehicles and 8 people also rushed to the earthquake area immediately to verify the disaster situation in the earthquake area.

  The epicenter of the earthquake was about 2 meters above sea level. Within 20 kilometers of the epicenter, there were 20 townships (towns, streets) and 122 administrative villages.

It is about 2 kilometers away from the nearest Shuiyuan Town Government Resident, about 6 kilometers away from the Tianzhuangtai Town Government Resident, and about 7 kilometers away from the Gouyan Town Government Resident.

The population density within 5 kilometers of the epicenter is 210 people/square kilometer, with a population of about 16,000.

  After preliminary understanding, earthquakes were felt in Dashiqiao City, Yingkou City, Zhanqian District, Yingkou City West District, Yingkou City Laobian District, Panjin City Dawa District, and slight earthquakes were felt in parts of Haicheng City, Anshan City.

No disaster reports have been received so far, and the local social order is stable. Real-time feedback will be provided after the advance team arrives.

  According to expert analysis, it is unlikely that a destructive earthquake will occur in the original earthquake area in the short term.

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