When did the Xinjiang earthquake happen? How is the disaster?

Yesterday at 8: 2 1, an earthquake of magnitude 6 occurred at the junction of Yining County and Gong Liu County in Yili Valley, Xinjiang. The earthquake * * * caused more than 28,000 people to be affected, 824 houses collapsed and more than 3,800 people were evacuated. The earthquake caused no casualties.

There were no casualties in many places.

According to the preliminary measurement of Xinjiang Seismological Network, the epicenter was 20km northeast of Gong Liu County, 22.4km southwest of Nilek County, 94km southeast of Yining City and147km south of Bole City. Because the earthquake involved Yining, Gong Liu, Xinyuan and Nilek in the Ili Valley, it felt strong. Summarize the latest situation of all parties, including Kashi Township, Shamuyuzi Township, Yining County, Kalabula Township, xinyuan county, Nilek County, etc. All the collapsed houses have been received, but no casualties have been reported.

Earthquake-resistant housing engineering

The 6.0 earthquake did not cause huge casualties. Experts from the Seismological Bureau of the Autonomous Region believe that this is the result of the large-scale construction of earthquake-resistant housing projects in Xinjiang 10, which has effectively guaranteed the lives and property safety of people of all ethnic groups in earthquake-prone areas in Xinjiang.

Some primary and secondary schools are closed.

Yesterday 1 1, the civil affairs department of the autonomous region has urgently launched a three-level emergency response to disaster relief, and urgently allocated 200 disaster relief tents, cotton bedding 1000 sets, cotton clothes 1000 sets and shoes 1000 pairs to the disaster area. Some damaged primary and secondary schools and kindergartens in the epicenter area have been closed. Affected by two earthquakes, the landslide at the national highway 2 18 line 175 km (5 km west of Gongnaisi Farm in xinyuan county, Yili Prefecture) was blocked, and all efforts have been made to repair it. Yesterday 13 dredged and resumed traffic. It is also known that the Jingyihuo Railway was temporarily closed due to the earthquake, and the K9789 train arrived in Yining City three hours later.

According to the forecast of the local meteorological observatory, there will be cooling and snowfall in the disaster area on the evening of 1. At present, the relevant departments and counties (cities) are scheduling to distribute warm materials to the affected people.