The national earthquake emergency response level has been upgraded to the second -level State Council's earthquake relief headquarters working group to go to Sichuan to guide and support earthquake relief work

Source: Xinhua News Agency

The main person in charge of the Emergency Management Department was composed of the Central Propaganda Department, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Public Security, 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 and Health Commission, and the Emergency Management Department and other departments.The State Council ’s earthquake -resistant disaster relief headquarters work group to guide and support Sichuan earthquake relief work.

At 12:52 on September 5, a magnitude 6.8 earthquake occurred in Luding County, Ganzi Prefecture, Sichuan Province, causing major casualties.In view of the serious disaster, the Office of the State Council's Earthquake Rescue Headquarters and Emergency Management Department have raised the national earthquake emergency response level to the second level.The National Disaster Reduction Commission and Emergency Management Department raised the national disaster relief response level to level III.

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