The latest news of the 6.8 magnitude earthquake in Ganzi, Sichuan 2022 Sichuan earthquake today

Author:China Well -off Time:2022.09.06

A magnitude 6.8 earthquake occurred in Ganzi, Sichuan

According to the official Weibo news of the National Earthquake Network, the Chinese Earthquake Network officially determined 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), and the depth of the earthquake was 16,000Meter.

Picture source: National Earthquake Network Official Weibo

According to feedback from netizens, Chengdu Chongqing has a strong sense of shock, willing to be safe!

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 from Kangding City, 48 kilometers away from asparam counties, 62 kilometers from Hanyuan County, 78 kilometers away from Yingjing County, 52 kilometers from Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, 226 kilometers away from Chengdu City.

The average altitude of about 2684 meters within 5 kilometers of the epicenter was about 2684 meters.

According to the Chinese earthquake network speed report, a total of 79 earthquakes have occurred in the past 5 years within 200 kilometers around the earthquake. The largest earthquake is the distribution of historical earthquakes in the first 50 historical earthquakes of this earthquake as shown in the figure.