China News Service, Chengdu, June 1st (Reporter Wang Peng) According to the China Seismological Network, a magnitude 6.1 earthquake occurred in Lushan County, Ya'an City, Sichuan (30.37 degrees north latitude, 102.94 degrees east longitude) at 17:00 on June 01, 2022. , the focal depth is 17 kilometers.
The earthquake was felt strongly in Ya'an, especially in Chengdu, Yibin and Leshan.
According to the comprehensive analysis and research by experts, the Lushan M6.1 earthquake is an aftershock of the "4.20" M7.0 earthquake in 2013. The two earthquakes are 9 kilometers apart, and the seismic fault is the Shuangshi-Dachuan fault zone.
After the earthquake, the Ministry of Emergency Management, the China Earthquake Administration, the Sichuan Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial Government attached great importance to it. Secretary, Governor Huang Qiang and other leaders gave instructions, requiring rapid monitoring and tracking of the earthquake situation, earthquake disaster investigation and assessment, and resettlement of people in the disaster-stricken areas, and strive to minimize earthquake disaster losses.
The Sichuan Earthquake Administration immediately launched a second-level response, reported the earthquake situation to the China Earthquake Administration and the provincial party committee and government via video, immediately held an emergency work meeting, conveyed the spirit of implementing the instructions of the superior, and assigned the local earthquake prevention and disaster reduction department to conduct in-depth investigations in the earthquake area. Verify the earthquake disaster.
Deputy Bureau Chang Jiang Xiaolin, who was on a business trip in Luding, led the working team to the epicenter area. The on-site working team from Chengdu rushed to the earthquake area in batches at 17:40. As of press time, 19 groups of 60 people have been dispatched to organize and carry out Earthquake situation monitoring, earthquake disaster investigation and assessment, resettlement of people in disaster areas, etc., to assist the local government in earthquake relief.
The State Council Earthquake Relief Headquarters also dispatched a working group headed by Deputy Director Yin Chaomin of the China Earthquake Administration, who will arrive in the earthquake zone tonight to guide the work.
At the same time, the Sichuan Earthquake Administration, in conjunction with national earthquake experts, organized an emergency consultation on the earthquake situation, carefully analyzed and judged the trend of the earthquake situation; the relevant earthquake monitoring stations have effectively strengthened the monitoring of the earthquake situation in the earthquake area. Tomorrow, three cross-fault deformation observation teams will be dispatched to implement encrypted observations and provide scientific data for earthquake research and judgment.
As of 19:00 on June 1, 2022, a total of 1 aftershocks of magnitude M3.0 and above were recorded in the earthquake area, including 0 earthquakes of magnitude 6.0-6.9, 0 earthquakes of magnitude 5.0-5.9, and earthquakes of magnitude 4.0-4.9 1 earthquake, 0 earthquakes of magnitude 3.0-3.9, and the largest earthquake of magnitude 4.5 occurred at 17:03.