No casualties were reported in the mangshi earthquake with M 5.0.
Xinhua News Agency, Kunming, December 2 (Reporter Lin Bifeng, Huang Taoming) A 5.0-magnitude earthquake and several aftershocks occurred in mangshi, dehong autonomous prefecture, Yunnan Province. Dehong Prefecture has organized all forces to carry out emergency response work. As of 4: 00 on the 2nd, no reports of casualties have been received. The earthquake damaged some houses and power facilities, and mangshi has urgently transferred 1,927 people.
According to China Seismological Network, an earthquake of magnitude 5.0 occurred in mangshi at 1: 36 on the 2nd with a focal depth of 10 kilometers. According to the Seismological Bureau of Yunnan Province, as of 4: 00 on the 2nd, three aftershocks of magnitude 3.0 or above were recorded in the mangshi earthquake sequence, with the largest magnitude of 4.0.
According to the Propaganda Department of Dehong Prefecture Committee, after the earthquake, Dehong Prefecture immediately launched a three-level emergency response, dispatched emergency management, earthquake prevention and disaster reduction, fire protection, power supply and other departments to carry out emergency response work, and organized the epicenter and surrounding towns to quickly carry out post-earthquake disaster investigation and other work.
Zhang Lei, deputy director of the Public Service Department of the Yunnan Earthquake Administration, said that after the earthquake, the Yunnan Earthquake Administration sent a 26-member field team to the disaster area to carry out on-site emergency response work. Upon verification, houses cracked and tiles fell in Xishan Township, mangshi and Mengyue Township, Longchuan County, and the power facilities of Mulberry Group in Wamu Village, Mengyue Township were damaged.
According to the report of mangshi Earthquake Relief Headquarters, after preliminary investigation, there are 144 houses damaged in Xishan Township, and 445 houses and 1927 people have been transferred urgently, and the resettlement work is being carried out in an orderly and intense manner.
According to reports, the relevant situation is being further verified by statistics.