Gulang earthquake in 199

On October 2th, 199, an earthquake measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale occurred at the junction of Gulang, Tianzhu and Jingtai counties. New castle and Gancheng, which are located more than 9 kilometers east of Gulang County, are the hardest hit areas in Gulang County, and the county and nine towns, including Hengliang, Jing Quan, Tumen, Xunzi, Peijiaying, Xijing, Dajing and Minquan, have also been damaged to varying degrees. The epicenter of the earthquake was in Gaolingdun Village, new castle Township. After the strong earthquake, there were more than 16 aftershocks, including 11 with magnitude 3 or above and 1 with magnitude 5.1.

time of earthquake

at 4: 7 pm on October 2th, 199

epicentre location

the junction of Gulang, Tianzhu and Jingtai counties in Gansu province, China

magnitude

6.2. The earthquake affected all 4929 households and 24289 people in 33 villages and 139 villagers' groups in new castle and Gancheng townships. 764 collapsed sheds and 1519 earth caves; One person died, 7 people were seriously injured and 9 people were slightly injured; 2 large livestock (horses) and 426 pigs and sheep (only) died; Damaged 564 pieces of furniture, 2211 pieces of cookers and 143 pieces of farm tools; 685, kilograms of grain was lost; Damaged 7 motor wells and 53 drinking water wells for people and livestock; 14 drinking water pipelines with a distance of 57.5 kilometers were seriously damaged; 38 water cellars and 12 pools were seriously damaged and could not be used; 58 flour processing machines were damaged. At the same time, schools, shops, health centers, township organs, grain depots, post offices and other units have also suffered varying degrees of damage. More than 13 houses collapsed, with a wall of 1,54 meters, resulting in 3,77 square meters of dangerous houses. The total economic losses caused by the earthquake amounted to 52.693 million yuan. Among them, the personal property losses of the people in new castle and Gancheng townships were 37.443 million yuan, the losses of township organs, schools, health centers (institutes), supply and marketing cooperatives, grain depots, veterinary stations, post and telecommunications offices, credit cooperatives and other units, as well as the losses of mass supply facilities were 8.6962 million yuan, and the losses of 9 townships and towns affected by the earthquake were 5.931 million yuan.

After the earthquake, most of the houses in new castle and Gancheng townships, especially Gaolingdun village, which was the hardest hit area, collapsed, and there were ruins and rubble everywhere, leaving people and animals with nowhere to live. The scene was very miserable. Just after the earthquake, it rained and snowed for four consecutive days, and the temperature dropped to MINUS 7℃, further aggravating the disaster, followed by diseases such as colds and diarrhea, and the school was forced to suspend classes. On the evening of the earthquake, the county party committee and the county government received the earthquake disaster report from the township government of new castle, reported the situation to the provinces, and immediately held an emergency meeting on emergency rescue and disaster relief. After making brief arrangements, they quickly organized 36 staff members and medical rescue teams from nine departments, including food, civil affairs, public security and health, and rushed to the disaster area with some emergency items, braved the wind and snowed all night, and arrived at the scene at 5 am on the 21st, aiming at the collapse of houses. Fully rescue the wounded and ensure the life safety of the injured; Pay close attention to organizing relief materials to help the masses solve the problems of eating, lodging and heating. According to this decision, county and village cadres organized the masses to rescue themselves separately. First, the casualties were checked from house to house, and 7 seriously injured and 9 slightly injured people were escorted to the township health center for emergency treatment. Late at night on the 22nd, 15 elderly, weak, sick, pregnant women and babies were sent to the township health center in the cold wind and heavy snow, and the funeral of a girl who died unfortunately was properly handled. At the same time, a rescue team was organized to eliminate the danger, rob and dig buried property, and a temporary earthquake-proof shed was built in a safe area for the people to live and keep warm. On the evening of the 22nd, 2 tons of plastic, 12 tents, 1, Jin of flour and some clothes, food, stoves and other materials were dispatched from the county, and the transporters overcame difficulties such as slippery snowy roads and transported them to the disaster area overnight. After two days and two nights of hard work, by the 23rd, all the affected people had a place to live, and the most basic living problems such as food, clothing and shelter were temporarily solved, avoiding the occurrence of vicious accidents such as freezing, hunger and illness.

The second emergency meeting on earthquake relief attended by leaders of prefectures, counties and townships was held in new castle Township Government. The meeting comprehensively studied and deployed the emergency rescue and relief work, and Gulang County Earthquake Relief Headquarters was established on the spot. Nine county leaders and 11 responsible comrades from the county party committee office, county government office, civil affairs bureau, finance bureau, grain bureau, propaganda department, education commission, health bureau, public security bureau and new castle Township were fully responsible for the earthquake relief work. In order to make overall plans and ensure the smooth progress of the first-line disaster relief work, the members of the headquarters have made a clear division of labor. In the county seat, four county-level leaders personally took the lead, and organized comrades from the county party committee office, the propaganda department, the county government office and the civil affairs bureau to carry out news propaganda, prepare for the dispatch of materials, and receive relief condolences. In the disaster area, five county-level leaders visited the site and took command of the town. The headquarters consists of an earthquake relief office, a material receiving and distributing group, a disaster investigation group, a public security group, a medical and health group, a publicity group, a reception group, a dangerous house appraisal group and an earthquake-proof overwintering shed acceptance group, which are in charge of various specific rescue and relief work. And successively transferred 65 county-level cadres, together with 7 township cadres, to go deep into the disaster area, stabilize the mood of the masses, strengthen publicity and reporting, verify the disaster situation, distribute relief materials, maintain public order, treat the wounded and sick, and organize the relocation of victims. In order to form a unified command system with unified orders and actions throughout the county, communication command radio stations and special telephones were temporarily set up in the hardest hit areas.

due to the continuous aftershocks and the sudden drop of temperature after the earthquake, in order to fully organize emergency rescue and ensure the safety of people's lives and property, under the unified deployment of the headquarters, 41 medical, health and epidemic prevention personnel with high medical level and strong work responsibility were first dispatched from various health units directly under the county level, 4 vehicles were dispatched, and 8 disease prevention and treatment teams were organized, including patrol, fixed point, hospitalization, epidemic monitoring and drug supply, and they were stationed in village groups and grouped. * * * Prescribed more than 12, patients (including 59 hospitalized patients), and no major or minor medical accident occurred. Provinces, prefectures and counties * * * put all kinds of therapeutic drugs worth 41, yuan. The county epidemic prevention station further strengthened the epidemic monitoring work in the disaster area, and distributed 2 tablets of drinking water disinfection and bleaching essence. Unplanned, four kinds of vaccines were supplied to 2, people in new castle and Gancheng, and polio candy pills were distributed to children aged -5 years in severely affected villages such as Gaoling, Yutang, Gunzigou, Shiwozi, Yimo and Yang Liu in new castle Township. The immunity of children in disaster areas against infectious diseases has been improved, and the epidemic of various diseases has been effectively prevented. At the same time, with the strong support of the People's Liberation Army, we gave full play to the role of rescue teams of various village groups, cleared and demolished 11,7 dangerous houses, eliminated 14 dangerous situations and repaired roads for 35 kilometers, thus preventing accidents.

on the second day after the earthquake, the county held an emergency meeting to inform the county of the disaster situation and called on the people of the county to vigorously support the disaster area and help the people in the disaster area tide over the difficulties. The leaders of the county party committee, the county people's congress, the county government, and the county CPPCC took the lead in donating money, the government cadres generously donated money, and the workers in factories and mines donated money and materials. The whole county quickly set off a climax of supporting disaster areas and earthquake relief. Troops, units and individuals from inside and outside the province and brother counties and cities have also extended a helping hand. Some sent telegrams of condolence, some sent condolence groups, and some shipped relief materials and paid for them, thus writing a new chapter of joint efforts of the army and the people in earthquake relief. By the end of October 31st, * * * had received donations of 133,679 yuan from 24 government agencies, units and 7,349 individuals, 34,15 kilograms of flour, 1,846 kilograms of wheat, 5 kilograms of rice, 12, kilograms of corn and 2,81 kilograms of food stamps donated by 11 units, and more than 1, pieces of clothes, bedding and cotton cloth were given to the people in the disaster areas.

After the emergency rescue and disaster relief came to an end, people's lives were basically guaranteed, and their emotions tended to be stable. Building an earthquake-proof and wintering shed became the central work of earthquake relief. According to the requirements of low wall, thin roof, wind protection, old repair and adding top pillar in the middle, the headquarters selected demonstration models, and after being appraised by relevant construction experts and earthquake experts in provinces, counties and counties, it held many on-site meetings to call the masses to visit and study and promote construction. * * * 1743 earthquake-proof and wintering sheds were built, which basically met the requirements of four precautions and one guarantee (earthquake prevention, fire prevention, freezing prevention, gas poisoning prevention and safety protection), and all households with severe disasters and severe disasters moved into wintering earthquake-proof sheds.

in order to relieve the pressure in the disaster area and treat both the symptoms and the root causes, according to the instructions of provincial leaders and the plan for the construction of the yellow irrigation area in the county, 12 households with 643 people from new castle and Gancheng, which were originally planned to be relocated in 1991, were uniformly deployed by the county from October 27 to November 5, and moved to Jizhaotan in the yellow irrigation area to settle down. After the earthquake, the CPC Central Committee, the State Council and the leading organs of the provincial and local party and government took great care of the people in the disaster area, allocating 9.92 million yuan and donating more than 8, yuan from the society to help the people in the disaster area rebuild their homes. Party and government organizations at all levels in the county joined forces with Qi Xin, the cadres and masses in the disaster area, and worked hard. By October 1992, 23,54 square meters of houses and public facilities had been built in the Yellow Irrigation Area. All other houses and facilities damaged by the earthquake were reinforced and maintained. At the same time, rural enterprises, water conservancy and electric power construction have been greatly developed. 159 people from 28 households in Gaolingdun Village, the hardest hit area, moved to the newly-built Gaolingdun Village in the Yellow River Irrigation District to settle down. There are 744 brick-and-wood houses in Gaoling New Village, including a primary school, a health center, a culture room, a village committee and a garden field.

In order to show the contribution of reconstruction, cherish the kindness of the Party and enlighten future generations, the Gulang County Party Committee and the Gulang County People's Government of China built a monument to the earthquake relief and reconstruction of Gulang County in Gaoling New Village. The people who moved into their new homes wrote couplets with four beams and eight pillars on the door of their houses, which were deeply rooted and preserved by the party for generations to show their gratitude to the party and the government.