Xinhua News Agency, Chengdu, June 3 rd At around 17: 00 on June 1 ST, earthquakes of magnitude 6.1 and 4.5 occurred in Lushan County and Baoxing County of Ya ‘an City, Sichuan Province. Twenty-four hours have passed, and all rescue efforts have been active and effective, and the local people affected by the earthquake have begun to return to normal life.
The magnitude 6.1 earthquake in Lushan County is about 10 kilometers from the epicenter of the magnitude 7.0 earthquake that occurred in Lushan, Sichuan on April 20, 2013. 13,081 people in Ya ‘an City were affected by the disaster, three county roads were interrupted, and about 12 kilometers of roads from Macaopo to Fengtongzhai of National Highway 351 were interrupted; Some communication and power facilities were damaged and 135 houses were seriously damaged.
"When I shook it, I was picking tea on the mountain. If I hadn’t grabbed the tea tree, I almost sat on the ground." Yang Jinmei, a 51-year-old villager from Shengli Village, Taiping Town, Lushan County, said.
Yang Jinmei’s husband and two children were both working or studying in other places, and she was the only one at home during the earthquake. However, she was quickly led to a safe position by the village cadres who came to the rescue and was settled in the resettlement site of Taiping Middle School in Taiping Town, Lushan County.
On June 2, at the resettlement site of Taiping Middle School in Taiping Town, Lushan County, medical staff arranged medical supplies. Xinhua News Agency reporter Damon photo
Gong Bing, deputy mayor of Ya ‘an Municipal Government, said that on the night of June 1, 61 relocation sites, including Baoxing Middle School, Baoxing Gymnasium and Fenghe Village Committee of Lushan County, were set up overnight in the local area, and all 8 townships and towns in the area with earthquake intensity of 7 degrees were evacuated, and 12,722 people were resettled.
"We have urgently dispatched 400 tents, 2,000 beds of quilts and 400 tent lights to the disaster area. Organize the transportation of grain, oil, vegetables, clothing, medicines and other materials to ensure the supply of basic living materials at resettlement sites. " Gong Bing said that the local authorities also focused on the basic situation of key groups such as left-behind children and widowed elderly people in the disaster-stricken areas, and organized party member cadres in the disaster-stricken areas to lead the masses to fight disasters and save themselves.
The reporter learned in an interview in front that after the earthquake, Ya ‘an City quickly mobilized more than 4,600 rescue forces such as public security, fire rescue, armed police and medical rescue in cities and counties to carry out dragnet inspections and search and rescue, and many rescue forces in the surrounding areas also quickly assembled at the epicenter. The medical team has formulated a "one-on-one" plan to rescue 41 wounded people. The medical and health departments have carried out food hygiene and environmental monitoring at 7 living resettlement sites in Taiping Town, Lushan County, the epicenter; The traffic group has seized Lushuang Road and Danan Road in Tongxian County, and the highways, bridges and tunnels are all in normal traffic. The power group has rushed through all the main transmission lines and restored power supply to more than 48,000 households; Damaged base stations and optical cables are being urgently repaired, and communication has basically resumed.
The earthquake happened at the time of "June 1" International Children’s Day. The reporter learned in many places in the affected areas that children have been well protected and taken care of.
The reporter saw at the resettlement site of Baoxing Middle School in Baoxing County, Ya ‘an earthquake-stricken area, Sichuan Province, that more than a dozen children, including five and a half-year-old Chen Hongyi, were painting in a tent, and volunteers from the local psychological society were here to accompany the children and give them psychological counseling.
"I don’t feel so scared here today." Chen Hongyi said.
On June 2, children helped transport mineral water at the resettlement site of Dahe Village, Taiping Town, Lushan County. Xinhua News Agency reporter Damon photo
When Hu Yunhao of Baoxing Experimental Primary School was sent to the resettlement site, he also brought his pet hamster "Xiaobai".
The college entrance examination is only a few days away. Although the earthquake disrupted the pace of review, the senior three students in the temporary classroom of Baoxing Middle School, accompanied and guided by teachers, actively reviewed and prepared for the exam.
The Dragon Boat Festival is coming on June 3rd. At the resettlement site of Baoxing Middle School, Min Xingyan, a 36-year-old community worker, packed zongzi, and her colleagues were too busy informing residents to apply for materials to attend the holiday with their families.
Gong Bing said at the news conference that it is necessary to resolutely ensure that the affected people have food, clean water, clothing, temporary safe shelter and medical services. Do a good job in the college entrance examination and senior high school entrance examination to ensure that candidates take the exam safely and orderly.
As of around 17: 00 on June 2, a total of 4 people were killed and 41 injured in the earthquake in Ya ‘an.
The mountainous area in northwest Sichuan is located on the earthquake fault zone. Wang Gang, director of Sichuan Key Laboratory and director of Chengdu Institute of High-tech Disaster Reduction, analyzed that the quality of houses rebuilt after the 7.0 earthquake in Lushan, Sichuan Province in 2013 was guaranteed, which was the most important reason why a large number of houses collapsed and caused casualties. Timely earthquake monitoring and early warning, strict compliance with seismic fortification standards, proper exercise and publicity at ordinary times, and rapid emergency rescue are the main reasons for the large earthquake in Sichuan in recent years, but the casualties are not serious.
The local authorities are investigating potential safety hazards such as geological disasters, dilapidated houses and collapsed mountains. (Reporter: Ren Yong, Wu Guangyu, Dong Xiaohong, Xiao Yonghang, Lu Youyi, Li Like, Zhang Hailei, Hu Xu, Tong Fang)