China News Agency, Lhasa, July 19 (Zhang Wei, Wang Yu, Yuan Yu) According to official measurements by the China Seismological Network, a magnitude 4.5 earthquake occurred in Bomi County, Linzhi City, Tibet Autonomous Region at 18:15 on July 19, and the epicenter was located at 30.37 North Degrees, longitude 94.87 degrees east, focal depth 8 kilometers. According to the news from the Propaganda Department of the Linzhi Municipal Party Committee of the Communist Party of China, it has contacted the relevant departments of Bomi County and there are no reports of casualties or property losses.
The township within 20 kilometers around the epicenter of this earthquake is Yigong Township, Bomi County. The average altitude is about 3281 meters within 5 kilometers of the epicenter. The epicenter is 103 kilometers away from Bomi County, 94 kilometers away from Nyingchi City, and Lhasa, Tibet. The city has 371 kilometers. Bomi County resident Suo Langciren told reporters that there was no obvious sensation when the earthquake occurred, and production and life were not affected in any way.
The reporter also learned from a detachment of the Second Mobilization Corps of the Armed Police that the squadron in Tongmai was the closest to the epicenter of the earthquake and has contacted the Yigong Township Government and sent personnel to inspect the G318 line along the Sichuan-Tibet Highway. It is understood that there is a slight earthquake in Yigong Township, no casualties, no house collapse, normal communication and traffic, and the follow-up situation is still being confirmed.
According to the China Earthquake Networks News Report Catalogue, within 200 kilometers around the epicenter of the earthquake, there have been 84 earthquakes of magnitude 3 and above in the past 5 years. The largest earthquake was 6.9 in Milin County, Nyingchi City on November 18, 2017. Magnitude earthquake, 71 kilometers from the epicenter of the earthquake.
Bomi County is located in the southeast of Tibet, on the north bank of the Palongzangbu River. The county town is located in Zamu Town, at an altitude of 2700 meters. It is one of the Tibetan commodity grain base counties and one of the important production areas for the export of mushrooms, morel and other fungi. Bomi County, located along the Sichuan-Tibet Highway of the G318 line, has a mild and humid climate. The territory has well-known glaciers such as Midui, Kachin, Zepu, Ruoguo, and Guxiang. It is called "the hometown of glaciers." September is the peak tourism period. (Finish)