A magnitude 6.8 earthquake in Luding County, Sichuan has caused 14 people to be killed in Ya'an Ashami County

At 12:52 on September 5th, a magnitude 6.8 earthquake occurred in Luding County, Ganzi Prefecture, Sichuan Province (29.6 degrees north latitude, 102.1 degrees east longitude), and the depth of the earthquake was 16 kilometers.

Affected by the earthquake, as of now, 14 people in Asanmng County, Ya'an have been killed, and some towns and villages have been affected to varying degrees. In terms of transportation, the domestic National Highway 108, the Provincial Highway 217 interrupted; the roads of Wanggang Ping Township, Caifeng Township, and Xinmin Township of Ashadresia County were interrupted; in terms of communication, some trunk lines and local networks were damaged, and the base station was interrupted and retreated to 79; in terms of electricity, some of them, some of them, some of them, some of them, some of them, some of them, some of them, some of them, some of them, some of them, some of them, some of them, some of them, some of them, some of them, some of them, some of them, some of them. The line trip, the substation was stopped.

After the earthquake, Ya'an quickly launched a secondary emergency response to the earthquake disaster, and established the "9 · 5" Luding earthquake earthquake resistance headquarters of Ya'an. According to the relevant situation of the disaster situation, Ya'an Earthquake Resistance Headquarters decided to upgrade the emergency response level of earthquake disasters to a level in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Ya'an Earthquake Emergency Plan. At the same time, in accordance with the "Emergency Plan for Natural Disaster Rescue" in Ya'an, the emergency response to the first -level natural disaster rescue of Ya'an City was launched.

At the same time, Ya'an City dispatched more than 2100 people such as emergency rescue, armed police, fire protection, medical care, public security, and other rescue forces to rush to the earthquake -stricken area to conduct personnel search and rescue, wounded treatment, road grabbing, and mass transfer and resettlement. Gathering standby. More than 120 people in the fire rescue team in Meishan City and Liangshan Prefecture emerged from 120 vehicles.

At present, the injured has been taken to the hospital for treatment. Ya'an is going all out to search and rescue the trapped persons to ensure that one person is not leaked; he goes all out to rescue the injured to minimize the casualties; go all out to transfer the people to avoid risks to ensure that the casualties are not caused by secondary disasters.

(Source: People's Daily Client Sichuan Channel)

【Edit: Wang Yujin】

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