China News Service Xining, August 14th. A reporter learned from the Qinghai Provincial Fire Rescue Corps on the 14th that after a magnitude 5.9 earthquake occurred in Zaduo County, Yushu Prefecture, Qinghai Province, fire rescue forces quickly rushed to the epicenter to carry out

The picture shows fire rescue forces gathering and ready to be dispatched at any time. Photo provided by Qinghai Firefighting

China News Network Xining, August 14 (Qi Zengbei, Yang Longjian) The reporter learned from the Qinghai Provincial Fire Rescue Corps on the 14th that after a magnitude 5.9 earthquake occurred in Zaduo County, Yushu Prefecture, Qinghai Province, fire rescue forces quickly rushed to the epicenter to carry out earthquakes. The inspection work has not received any reports of casualties or building collapses.

China Earthquake Network officially measured that a magnitude 5.9 earthquake occurred in Zaduo County, Yushu Prefecture, Qinghai Province at 16:20 on August 14. The focal depth was 10 kilometers. The epicenter was located at 33.14 degrees north latitude, 92.85 degrees east longitude, and the epicenter was averaged by 5 kilometers. The altitude is about 4795 meters.

According to reports, the epicenter is an unmanned area, 390 kilometers away from Sahuteng Town, the Zaduo County Government, 4388 kilometers away from Yushu Prefecture, and 902 kilometers away from the provincial capital Xining. According to mobile population big data analysis, the population within 20 kilometers of the epicenter is extremely sparse, with about 420 people within 50 kilometers and 3,100 people within 100 kilometers.

picture shows fire rescue personnel returning videos and other image resources through 4G individual image transmission system. Photo provided by Qinghai Firefighting

There is no township resident within 20 kilometers around this earthquake, and there is one township within 50 kilometers (Yongqu Township). There are 5 counties closest to the epicenter, all in Tibet, namely 126 kilometers of Nierong County, Anduo County, 147 kilometers of Suo County, 165 kilometers of Baqing County, and 201 kilometers of Ruxian County.

According to the China Earthquake Channel Network Quick Report Directory, there have been 60 earthquakes above magnitude 3 in the past five years within 200 kilometers around the epicenter. The largest earthquake was a magnitude 6.1 earthquake that occurred in Ru County, Nagqu City, Tibet on March 19, 2021 (distance to this). The second epicenter is 134 kilometers). After the

earthquake, the Qinghai Provincial Fire Rescue Corps immediately activated the emergency response plan. At present, the province has gathered 3 heavy and 6 light geological disaster professional rescue teams and 1 combat duty support team, a total of 166 vehicles, 801 fire rescue personnel, and 48,980 sets of equipment and equipment. Get ready at any time. The sudden support team of the Zaduo County Fire Rescue Brigade 2 vehicles and 8 people set out to the epicenter. No buildings collapsed, road damage or casualties were found along the way.

The picture shows the sudden support team of the Zaduo County Fire Rescue Brigade set out to the epicenter. Photo provided by Qinghai Firefighting

In addition, after contacting Zaduo County html government leaders and police station leaders, it was found that except for Sulu Township , there was no vibration in the other 7 townships, and no buildings were found yet. Collapse and casualties.

Zaduo County belongs to Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai Province. It is adjacent to Yushu and Nangqian counties in the east and southeast, and is adjacent to the Tanggula Mountain area in the west, and to the southwest of the Tibet Autonomous Region, Changdu and Narqu in the south and southwest of the Tibet Autonomous Region. Five counties including , Baqing, Nie Rong, Suo County, and Ando border, and and are bounded by to govern the north. The ethnic groups inhabited are mainly Tibetan , including Han, Tu, Hui, Mongolia and other ethnic groups. Zaduo County has tourist attractions such as Sanjiangyuan Nature Reserve, Ansai Primitive Forest, Zuoqing Temple, etc. (End)