A magnitude 6.8 earthquake occurred in Luding, with a population of about 39,000 within 20 kilometers of the epicenter.

The China Earthquake Network officially measured that at 12:52 on September 5th, a magnitude 6.8 earthquake occurred at Luding County, Ganzi Prefecture, Sichuan (29.59 degrees north latitude, 102.08 degrees east longitude), with a depth of 16 kilometers.

On September 5, the Red Star Journalist learned from the Sichuan Earthquake Administration that according to the analysis of the big data of the mobile population, the population was about 39,000 within 20 kilometers of the epicenter, about 330,000 within 50 kilometers, and about 1.55 million within 100 kilometers. The average altitude of about 2684 meters within 5 kilometers of the epicenter was about 2684 meters.

The villages within 5 kilometers around the earthquake include Ping Shang, Sugiying, Half Street, Blue Lane, Saddle waist, and pouring bridge. Townships in 20 kilometers include Musician Town, Decadent Town, and Yanzigou Town.

39 kilometers from Earthquake Luding County, 47 kilometers in Kangding City, 48 kilometers of Asanian County, 62 kilometers in Hanyuan County, 78 kilometers of Yingjing County, and 226 kilometers in Chengdu.

A total of 79 earthquakes occurred in the nearly 5 years around the epicenter of the earthquake in the past 5 years. The largest earthquake was this earthquake. The distribution of historical earthquakes in the first 50 times of the earthquake level is as shown in the figure:

A total of 51 earthquakes have occurred in the past 500 kilometers around the earthquake in the past 10 years. The largest earthquake was a magnitude 7.0 earthquake (435 kilometers from this epicenter) and 4 2013 in Jiuzhaigou County, Sichuan, Sichuan, Sichuan. On the 20th, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake occurred in Lushan County, Ya'an City, Sichuan Province (119 kilometers from this earthquake).

The closest magnitude of the fifth -level earthquake from this earthquake occurred at 23:19 on November 25, 2014 at the 5.8 magnitude earthquake at Kangding County, Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province, separated from 74 kilometers, which was 2840 days apart. A magnitude six -level earthquake from this earthquake at 16:55 on November 22, 2014 occurred at the 6.3 magnitude earthquake in Kangding County, Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province, and separated from 84 kilometers to 2843 days.

Red Star News reporter Ye Yan Intern Reporter Yan Xiaofeng

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