Is Panzhihua possibly greater than 6. 1?

According to the National Seismological Network, an earthquake of magnitude 6. 1 occurred at the junction of Renhe District, Panzhihua City, Sichuan Province and Huili County, Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture at 6: 30 Beijing time on August 30, 2008. The epicenter is located about 50 kilometers southeast of Panzhihua City, 64 kilometers from Huili County, 30 kilometers from Yongren County, Yunnan Province, 55 kilometers from Yuanmou County and 65 kilometers from Kunming City. Focal depth 10 km. The average population density in the earthquake area is about 1 18 people /km2.

Cheng, a researcher at the Seismological Bureau of Chengdu, said that the earthquake was not the aftershock of the Wenchuan earthquake, but a new one, which had no impact on Chengdu.

After the earthquake, the earthquake was felt in Panzhihua City, Renhe District and Huili County, and some citizens in Chengdu felt it. According to CCTV news, Kunming felt the earthquake when it happened.

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The earthquake has caused 0/6 deaths in our province.

A large number of houses collapsed in Huili County, Renhe District, and cracks appeared in the first reservoir of Huili.

The reporter learned from the Ministry of Civil Affairs that as of 2 1 on August 30th, according to preliminary statistics, the Panzhihua-Huili earthquake of magnitude 6. 1 in Sichuan has caused 2 1 death and13 injuries. Among them, Sichuan province 16 people died (3 people in Miyi County of Panzhihua City and 13 people in Huili County of Liangshan Prefecture) and 90 people were injured; Five people died in Wei Chu, Yunnan (4 in Yuanmou County, Yongren County 1), and 23 people were injured.

According to the Sichuan Earthquake Administration, the casualties of the earthquake were mainly concentrated in Renhe District and Huili County. In addition, 1 person in Caochang Township, Miyi County, Panzhihua City was buried and died (Liu, male, 54 years old, from Kalang Village, Caochang Township).

The earthquake also caused a large number of houses in Renhe District and Huili County to collapse and be damaged, which was the main cause of casualties. About 60% of the houses in Lvshui Township and Zhongchang Township of Huili County collapsed, and cracks 18m long and 10cm wide appeared in Julongshan Reservoir of Hekou Township. Nearly a thousand houses in Dalongtan Township, Renhe District, Panzhihua City were damaged, and more than 400 houses in Taila Village were cracked. The detailed disaster situation is still under investigation and statistics. According to Xinhua News Agency

Expert judgment

This earthquake is a major earthquake disaster.

An earthquake of magnitude 5-6 may occur again, and the Seismological Bureau of China launched a three-level emergency response.

The Seismological Bureau of China preliminarily determined that the earthquake was a major earthquake disaster. According to the national earthquake emergency plan, start the three-level emergency response.

Earthquake Administration of China launched a three-level emergency response.

In view of the loss of life and property caused by Panzhihua-Huili earthquake with M = 6. 1, China Seismological Bureau started the three-level emergency response of earthquake emergency plan.

China Seismological Bureau Office, Monitoring and Forecasting Department, Earthquake Disaster Emergency Rescue Department, China Seismological Network Center, China Earthquake Emergency Search and Rescue Center, Sichuan Seismological Bureau and Yunnan Seismological Bureau immediately entered a three-level emergency response state. Do a good job in emergency duty, earthquake monitoring, earthquake trend prediction, disaster loss investigation and evaluation, social stability and so on. Relevant units started the earthquake regional emergency linkage mechanism. Sichuan Seismological Bureau, Yunnan Seismological Bureau, Panzhihua Seismological Bureau, Liangshan Seismological Bureau, Wei Chu Seismological Bureau and relevant county-level seismological departments quickly sent personnel to carry out disaster investigation and on-site emergency work, and timely reported to China Seismological Bureau. Send a national earthquake site team to the earthquake site to assist in earthquake relief work.

Sichuan Earthquake Administration went to the disaster area for rescue.

As of 8 o'clock last night, Sichuan Earthquake Administration had sent 25 experts to the disaster area. After the earthquake, the Provincial Seismological Bureau immediately launched an earthquake emergency plan. At 5: 00 p.m.15, the earthquake site working group composed of China seismological bureau and Sichuan seismological bureau led by Li Guangjun, deputy director of the provincial seismological bureau, arrived in Panzhihua by plane at 7: 00 p.m. ... at 6: 00 p.m., the second batch of 10 earthquake site working groups of the provincial seismological bureau and two emergency communication support vehicles rushed to the earthquake area, and four experts from the Institute of Engineering Mechanics of China Seismological Bureau will also go to Panzhihua.

Panzhihua launched a three-level response to disaster relief.

After the earthquake, the Ministry of Civil Affairs launched a four-level emergency response on August 30th 17. The civil affairs department of Panzhihua City, Sichuan Province has urgently launched a three-level response to disaster relief; The Yunnan Provincial Department of Civil Affairs has urgently launched a three-level response to disaster relief.

The special weather forecast released by the Sichuan Meteorological Observatory on the evening of the 30th said that there was moderate to heavy rain in the disaster areas of Renhe District and Huili County of Panzhihua City on the evening of the 30th, and there was heavy rain in some places, accompanied by easterly winds of Grade 2 to 3. All these have brought great difficulties to the disaster relief work.

Earthquakes of magnitude 6 or above are less likely to happen again.

China Seismological Network Center forecast experts said yesterday that it is unlikely that an earthquake of magnitude 6 or above will occur in Panzhihua-Huili earthquake area in the next half month. Liu Jie said that the possibility of another earthquake of magnitude 5-6 in Panzhihua-Huili earthquake area in the near future could not be ruled out after consultation with experts from the Network Center.