
Sichuan Provincial Earthquake Bureau Changning 6.0 magnitude earthquake news conference. Photo by Duan Zhengyang
China News Service, Chengdu, June 18 (Liao Xuezhi, Duan Zhengyang) A reporter learned from the Changning 6.0-magnitude earthquake news conference of the Sichuan Provincial Earthquake Bureau in the early morning of the 18th that according to the China Earthquake Network, a magnitude 6.0 earthquake occurred at 22:55 Beijing time on June 17, 2019 at Shuanghe Town, Changning County, Yibin City, Sichuan Province (28.34 degrees north latitude, 104.90 degrees east longitude), with a focal depth of 16 kilometers.
It is reported that the epicenter of this earthquake is located in Shuanghe Town, Changning, in southern Sichuan, and is tectonicly located in the relatively stable South China block (Yangzi Quasi-platform). There are no large-scale regional activity faults on the surface within 100 kilometers of the earthquake area. Regarding the rumors that a larger earthquake in the area that was circulating online, Du Fang, an expert from the Sichuan Provincial Earthquake Bureau, responded that there is little possibility of a larger earthquake in the area.
It is understood that after the earthquake, the leaders of the Ministry of Emergency Management, the China Earthquake Administration and the Sichuan Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial Government attached great importance to it and quickly made important instructions. The Sichuan Provincial Earthquake Bureau quickly launched an emergency response and sent 35 people and 9 vehicles on site to the earthquake zone at 23:50 to carry out on-site earthquake analysis, mobile earthquake platform erecting and monitoring, intensity investigation, emergency communication, scientific inspection of earthquake areas, etc., and actively assisted the local government in carrying out earthquake relief work.
As of 0:40 on the 18th, 6 earthquakes above the M3.0 magnitude have occurred in the local area, and the earthquake dynamics are still under continuous monitoring. (End)
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Source: China News Network