Is it true that an earthquake of magnitude 4.9 occurred in zeku county, Huangnan Prefecture, Qinghai Province?

At 02: 54 on February 5th, 65438+,China Seismological Network officially determined that an earthquake of magnitude 4.9 occurred in zeku county, Huangnan Prefecture, Qinghai Province (35. 13 degrees north latitude and10/0 east longitude) with a focal depth of 7 kilometers.

Epicenter topography

The average elevation within 5 kilometers of the epicenter is about 3537 meters.

Surrounding villages and towns

The villages within 5km around this earthquake are Sailong Village and Ningke Village, and the towns within 20km are Duohemao Township, Xibusha Township and Maixiu Town.

Surrounding counties and districts

The epicentre is 38km from zeku county, 45km from Tongren County, 50km from Henan Mongolian Autonomous County, 60km from Xiahe County, 82km from Luqu, 45km from Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture and 0/66km from Xining City.

historical earthquake

According to the catalogue of China Seismological Network Express, there have been ***8 earthquakes with magnitude above 3 within 200 kilometers around the epicenter in the past five years, and the largest earthquake is this one. The distribution of historical earthquakes is shown in the figure.

Brief introduction of epicenter

Zeku county, which belongs to Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Qinghai Province, is more than 3,700 meters above sea level. Maixiu National Forest Park in the northeast of zeku county is the core area of Sanjiangyuan Nature Reserve. With a total area of 6,494 square kilometers, it governs 2 towns and 5 townships, with a total population of 54,000 in 2000 and a county-wide GDP of 654.38+03 billion yuan in 2065.438+04.

Epicenter weather

Today's weather in Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture: cloudy, with no continuous wind direction and breeze, and the temperature throughout the day is 2~-9℃. Weather conditions in the next three days: 16, sunny to cloudy, temperature -3~- 1 1℃, no continuous wind direction and breeze; 17, cloudy, temperature-1~- 1 1℃, no continuous wind direction breeze; 18, cloudy, temperature 1~- 12℃, no continuous breeze.