A magnitude 4.8 earthquake occurred in Changji, Xinjiang: No casualties report, normal production and living order

Surging News reporter Dai Yue

At 10:33 on July 20, a magnitude 4.8 earthquake occurred in Changji City, Changji Prefecture, Xinjiang. The surging news learned from the Xinjiang Fire Rescue Corps that after contact with the seismic bureau and the rapid reporters in the earthquake area, there was a slight sense of earthquake in the area, no casualties and house collapse, and the mass production and life order was normal.

After the earthquake, Changji Prevention rescue detachment quickly assembled 10 people with 2 vehicles in the special service fire station, 5 people with 1 vehicle of the detachment of the team, and a total of 3 vehicles for 15 people to go to the earthquake to investigate. According to the "Xinjiang Fire Rescue Corps Earthquake Rescue Plan", immediately assembled a heavy team of Urumqi detachment, 1 light team in Changji Detachment, 1 light team of mobile detachments, a total of 53 vehicles, 250 people, and 7 dogs in Shihezi. The camp area is standing, and reinforcements are prepared at any time.

The epicenter is located at 44.46 degrees north latitude and 87.15 degrees east longitude. The depth of the earthquake is 23 kilometers. The population is extremely scarce within 20 kilometers of the epicenter. The number of people is about 1,500 people. A total of 39 earthquakes occurred in the past 5 years, and the largest earthquake was this earthquake.

Source: Surging News

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