A 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck Luding County, Ganzi Prefecture, Sichuan Province.

5 Day 12 Time 52 minutes, a magnitude 6.8 earthquake occurred in Luding County, Ganzi Prefecture, Sichuan Province, resulting in 46 deaths

5 Day 12 Time 52 minutes, a magnitude 6.8 magnitude earthquake, with a focal depth of 16 kilometers. As of 5 Day 23 o'clock, the Luding earthquake has caused 46 deaths, including 29 in Ganzi Prefecture and 17 in Ya'an City. 16 people are missing, 50 more were injured.

As of now, a total of 5 tens of thousands of people have been temporarily relocated and resettled in Ganzi Prefecture and Ya'an City. The national earthquake emergency response level has been raised to level two, and the State Council's earthquake relief command team has urgently gone to Sichuan.

5 On the evening of the day, the Ganzi Prefecture Disaster Relief Command decided to adjust the prefecture-level earthquake emergency response to level one. The Sichuan Provincial Disaster Reduction Committee decided to upgrade the level two emergency response for natural disasters in Sichuan Province to level one. As of that evening 11 o'clock, a total of 5 tens of thousands of people have been temporarily relocated and resettled in Ganzi Prefecture and Ya'an City. After preliminary investigation, in terms of roads, G318、G108、S217 lines were damaged and blocked, and efforts are underway to restore them. Rural roads near the earthquake zone were severely damaged. G351、S432、S434 lines and other national and provincial trunk lines are open. The Sichuan Provincial Public Security Department Traffic Police Corps issued a notice on the temporary traffic control of some roads in Ya'an City and Ganzi Prefecture.

　　In terms of communications, the earthquake caused a total of out-of-service base stations 289 and a total of damaged optical cables 55 kilometers, affecting 3.5 tens of thousands of households. Base stations have been restored. 7 There are no townships completely without communication. In terms of electricity, the earthquake caused some 500 kilovolt, 220 kilovolt, 110 kilovolt, 30 kilovolt, 10 kilovolt lines to trip and 110 kilovolt, 35 kilovolt substations to be damaged and shut down, 43158 households experienced power outages. As of now, some lines and substations have been restored. Further investigation and statistics are underway on house collapses and damage to other industries. As of 5 Day 18 o'clock, a total of more than 6500 people from the People's Liberation Army and the People's Armed Police, fire rescue, forest fire fighting, Anneng Group, safety production, communications and power, and medical rescue teams have been dispatched, 4 helicopters and 2 drones have been sent to the disaster area to carry out air rescue and disaster investigation.

　　Based on the earlier pre-positioning of disaster relief materials in Ganzi Prefecture 5.1 tens of thousands of items, a further application has been made to allocate central and provincial disaster relief tents 3400 tops, quilts 12000 beds, folding beds 12000 to support the disaster area. The Ministry of Emergency Management and the Ministry of Finance urgently pre-allocated disaster relief funds of 5000 million yuan, and the Sichuan Provincial Finance Department urgently allocated funds to Ganzi Prefecture 5000 million yuan.