[Sichuan News Network] The highest intensity of the magnitude 6.8 earthquake in Luding involves 280 square kilometers at 9 degrees

Today (11th) Luding in Sichuan Province, the September 5th Earthquake Earthquake Rescue Provincial (Prefecture) County front line joint headquarters held a news ventilation meeting and announced the "Sichuan Luding 6.8 Earthquake Earthquake Starter Map".

At 12:52 on September 5, a magnitude 6.8 earthquake occurred in Luding County, Ganzi Prefecture, Sichuan. After the earthquake, experts launched a real earthquake survey in 200 survey points in the disaster area, and fully referred to the technological support results such as the fracture structure of the earthquake area, instrumental intensity, etc., combined with the strong vibration observation records to determine the intensity distribution of the earthquake. The highest intensity of the Luding earthquake in Sichuan is the degree (9 degrees), and the long shaft of the earthquake line is moving north and west. The long shaft is 195 kilometers and the short shaft is 112 kilometers. The area (6 degrees) and above areas of 19089 square kilometers, involving 12 counties (cities, districts) in 3 cities and states in Sichuan Province, and 82 townships (streets). Among them, the area (9 degrees) area is 280 square kilometers, which mainly involves Moxi Town, Decao Town, Yanzigou Town, and Dewei Town of Luding County, Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture; There are 7 townships in the Tibetan township and the Tibetan Tibetan Tibetan.

According to experts, when the earthquake intensity is 9 degrees, most of the houses of bricks (soil, stone) are mostly damaged and severely damaged; a few damage to the housing of buckets of buckets, most of them are severely damaged and medium destruction; Middle destruction, a few slightly damage; a few do not have a mixed brick -and -mixed -structure house destroyed, most of which are severely damaged and medium destruction; a minority of housing in the reinforced concrete frame structure is severely damaged, most of the medium destruction and minor damage.

Jiang Xiaolin, deputy director of the Provincial Earthquake Administration: There are many geological disasters caused by earthquakes and extremely serious, causing a large number of personnel casualties, damage to house buildings and infrastructure, and multiple interruptions of living lines such as roads, communications, water supply and power supply. Experts agreed that in the area of ​​geological disasters, it is necessary to further strengthen prevention measures and awareness of prevention.

Source: Sichuan Satellite TV

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