China News Service, September 6. According to the news on the website of the Ministry of Emergency Management on the 6th, at 12:52 on September 5, an earthquake of magnitude 6.8 occurred in Luding County, Ganzi Prefecture, Sichuan Province, causing heavy casualties.
The working group of the State Council Earthquake Relief Headquarters, consisting of the Central Propaganda Department, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Public Security, the Ministry of Natural Resources, the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, the Ministry of Transport, the National Health Commission, and the Ministry of Emergency Management, went to the earthquake area. Guide and support Sichuan earthquake relief work.
In view of the seriousness of the disaster, the State Council Earthquake Relief Command Office and Emergency Management Department raised the national earthquake emergency response level to Level 2.
The National Disaster Reduction Commission and the Ministry of Emergency Management have raised the national disaster relief emergency response level to Level III.