The latest news from Jiuzhaigou, Sichuan

The latest news about the Jiuzhaigou earthquake in Sichuan

According to the China Seismological Network Center website, Jiuzhaigou County, Aba Prefecture, Sichuan, 7.0 occurred at 21:19 on August 8, 2017, Beijing time magnitude earthquake, the epicenter was located at 33.2 degrees north latitude, 103.82 degrees east longitude, and the focal depth was 20.0 kilometers.

After a magnitude 7.0 earthquake occurred in Jiuzhaigou County, Aba Prefecture, Sichuan at 21:19 on August 8, 2017 (33.20 degrees north latitude, 103.82 degrees east longitude), the Sichuan Provincial Military Region immediately launched a geological disaster emergency plan and passed The satellite phone contacted the Jiuzhaigou Armed Forces Department to learn about the detailed disaster situation, and ordered the Aba Prefecture Military Division and its affiliated armed forces and militia to prepare for disaster relief. After the Sichuan Armed Police Corps learned of the earthquake disaster, it first ordered the Armed Police Detachment in Aba Prefecture and the Jiuzhaigou County Armed Police Squadron to understand the disaster situation and be ready to carry out rescue work at any time.

Zhang Xiaojun, political commissar of the Armed Forces Department of Jiuzhaigou County, has been ordered to lead the Armed Forces Department personnel to quickly rush to the epicenter of the earthquake - Zhangzha Town. Currently, communications are interrupted at the epicenter, which is nearly 60 kilometers away from the county seat and is sparsely populated.

The Provincial Military Region is working hard to verify the situation and at the same time ordered the Armed Forces Ministry to summon the militia and prepare for dispatch.