China News Service, June 1. According to the official Weibo news of the Ministry of Emergency Management, at 17:00 on June 1, 2022, an earthquake of magnitude 6.1 occurred in Lushan County, Ya'an City, Sichuan Province (30.37 degrees north latitude, 102.94 degrees east longitude), with a focal depth of 17 kilometers. .
The disaster is under review.
After receiving the report, the Office of the State Council Earthquake Relief Headquarters and the Emergency Management Department immediately launched a three-level national earthquake emergency response.
After the earthquake, the State Council Earthquake Relief Office and the Emergency Management Department continued to dispatch and deploy personnel for search and rescue, disaster verification, earthquake monitoring, mass resettlement and secondary disaster prevention and other earthquake relief work, and dispatched national comprehensive fire rescue forces to the earthquake area.
The Lushan County Brigade of the Sichuan Provincial Fire Rescue Corps dispatched 15 people and 3 vehicles to the epicenter. 261 people from Sichuan Fire Rescue and Forest Fire are rushing to the epicenter. 5 heavy and 13 light earthquake rescue teams in Sichuan Province have been dispatched and 1,280 people. Assemble and stand by, ready to be dispatched at any time.
Eight heavy and 23 light earthquake rescue teams from Guizhou, Yunnan and Chongqing corps have prepared for cross-regional reinforcements.
The Sichuan Earthquake Administration on-site team has arrived in the disaster area.
Image source: Screenshot of the official Weibo of the Ministry of Emergency Management