A magnitude 6.8 earthquake occurred in Luding County, Sichuan, and multiple rescue forces have rushed to the epicenter

Jimu Journalist Zhou Hao

Video editing Ma Xingxiang

At 12:52 on September 5, a magnitude 6.8 earthquake occurred in Luding County, Ganzi Prefecture, Sichuan. Jimu reporters have learned that many rescue forces have rushed to the earthquake.

According to the formal determination of the China Earthquake Network, at 12:52 on September 5th, 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.

Sichuan Luding Public Security sent police forces to carry out rescue work (source: CCTV News)

Jimu Journalists learned that after the earthquake, according to the notice of Sichuan Province, 98 people were dispatched by the Natural Disaster Engineering Rescue Center (China Anneng), and 31 sets of equipment participated in the earthquake relief operation. The first echelon of Chengdu base Tianquan County is 22 people in the training site of Tianquan County, and 10 sets of equipment have arrived in Luding County at 14:30; 40 people and 13 sets of equipment in Chengdu base have been at 14:25 Starting from Wenjiang District, Chengdu, the motor distance is about 220 kilometers. It is expected to reach Luding County at 17:30; 30 people in the Hard Liang Bag Project Department of Anneng Wuhan Base in Anneng Wuhan, and 6 sets of equipment have been departing at 14:30. Land to the damage section of the 211 Provincial Highway Luding County. At the same time, the group's emergency forces in Chongqing are ready to reinforce.

China Anneng rushed to the earthquake (picture source: China Anneng)

The Sichuan Provincial Fire Rescue Corps immediately dispatched 30 people in the Luding County Qianju Group to the earthquake to check the disaster, and dispatched a total of 530 earthquake rescue for 7 detachments including Ganzi, Chengdu, Deyang, Leshan, Ya'an, Meishan, and Ziyang, and immediately rushed to the epicenter for rescue.

China Anneng rushed to the earthquake (picture source: China Anneng)

According to the Chengdu Fire Rescue Detachment, the detachment dispatched 1 front headquarters, 5 earthquake rescue teams, and 1 flying eagle rescue team, totaling 45 vehicles, 1 helicopter, 170 people, and 5 search and rescue dogs. The county carried out cross -regional earthquake rescue mission.

As soon as the earthquake occurred, the Sichuan Forest Fire Corps had a former 27 people with 100 special service brigades, and the Ganzi detachment's former finger with the Yajiang Brigade and the Kangding Middle School 110 were urgently assisted. The second echelon, the third echelon is for reinforcement. At 14:00 on September 5th, the Sichuan Forest Fire Corps took the second in front of the second finger of the Wenchuan Brigade, and the Liangshan detachment was in front of Chengdu to prepare for 100 people. A total of 195 people mobilized to the earthquake -stricken area.

In addition, after the earthquake, the officers and soldiers of the Armed Police Sichuan Corps also conducted urgent aid.

According to CCTV news reports, after the earthquake, the Luding County Public Security Bureau quickly launched an emergency plan for earthquake emergencies and made every effort to prevent earthquake relief. More than 200 police forces have been sent to collect rescue and affected information collection to ensure that the roads in their jurisdictions are smooth and smooth. At present Go to each school to carry out evacuation work in an orderly manner.

According to cover news reports, relevant departments of Ganzi Prefecture immediately entered the emergency state and sent 635 rescue forces such as fire protection, medical treatment, communication power, and traffic security for the armed police to carry out rescue work. At present, the earthquake has killed seven people. The damage of roads, communications, and houses is being checked.

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