Sichuan Luding 6.8 Earthquake: Experts say that a larger earthquake is unlikely

After the earthquake, Mao Jianbiao, an employee of the State Grid Sichuan Electric Power Wanggang Power Supply Office, helped the affected people in the two groups in Tai Ping Village, Xinmin Township. Zhu Yuanxu Photo

Chinanews.com, Chengdu, September 5 (Reporter Liu Zhongjun Wang Peng) On September 5, after the Luding 6.8 earthquake occurred, the comprehensive analysis of the Sichuan earthquake experts believed that the possibility of a larger earthquake in the original earthquake in the near future was not much likely The aftershocks will continue for a while.

According to the China Earthquake Network, at 12:52 on September 5, a magnitude 6.8 earthquake occurred in Luding County, Ganzi Prefecture, Sichuan (29.59 degrees north latitude, 102.08 degrees east longitude), and the depth of the earthquake was 16 kilometers. Chengdu City has a clear sense of earthquake, and Ganzi, Aba, Liangshan, Ya'an and other places have a sense. The China Earthquake Early Warning Network sends earthquake early warning information 56 seconds in advance through early warning terminals, mobile APPs, and third -party platforms.

After the earthquake, the Emergency Management Department, the China Earthquake Administration, and the Sichuan Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial Government attach great importance to it. Members of the Party Committee of the Emergency Management Department, Secretary of the Party Group of the China Earthquake Administration, and Director Min Yiren made work on strengthening the monitoring of earthquake surveillance, investigation and evaluation Arrange deployment; leaders of the Sichuan Provincial Party Secretary Wang Xiaohui, Governor Huang Qiang and other leaders made instructions on the earthquake -resistant disaster relief work, asking the relevant departments and local governments to strive for earthquake relief work to ensure the safety of the lives and property of the people in the disaster area.

At the same time, the Sichuan Earthquake Administration launched a secondary emergency response and set up an emergency headquarters. Lei Jiancheng, Secretary of the Party Group and Director of the Sichuan Earthquake Administration, went to the site guidance with the working group led by Governor Huang Qiang; the first batch of on -site work teams of the party group party group and deputy director of the Earthquake Administration, rushed to the earthquake The district, organize the work of encrypted monitoring, earthquake tracking, and earthquake investigation to cooperate with the local government's earthquake relief; the earthquake monitoring centers such as Kangding, Chengdu, and Zigong sent a live team to assist the on -site work from the resident area to the earthquake zone.

The earthquake caused damage to some power grid facilities in Sanjiao Township (Jiao Ludu), Yidong Town, Yodong Town, Ya'an. Photo by Li Ming

At the same time, the Sichuan Earthquake Administration organized experts in conjunction with the China Earthquake Network Center and the surrounding provinces of earthquakes to make an emergency consultation, instructing the encryption monitoring of the seismic monitoring desk around the earthquake area, and sent a mobile monitoring team to set up a mobile monitoring station to set up a mobile monitoring platform Net, strengthen the earthquake tracking work.

According to the comprehensive analysis of the Sichuan earthquake experts, the earthquake is located near the southern section of the Xianshui River Fracture Band of the South East Section. It is the main earthquake-aftershock type earthquake. The possibility of a larger earthquake in the earthquake area is not high, and the aftershocks will continue for a period of time.

As of 15:00 on September 5th, a total of 3 times and above were recorded 3 times, of which 6.0-6.9 earthquakes were 0 times, magnitude 5.0-5.9 earthquakes 0 times, magnitude 4.0-4.9 earthquakes, and magnitude 3.0-3.9 earthquake earthquakes 2 times. (Finish)

(Source: China News Network)

【Edit: Yao Hao】

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