Reducing disaster losses, emergency rescue, Shandong Provincial Party Secretary and Governor's deployment: Verify the disaster situation, earthquake relief after a 5.5 magnitude earthquake | Dispatch | Rush | Personnel | Earthquake relief work | Rescue | Carry out | Earthquake
According to the official measurement of the China Earthquake Networks Center, a 5.5 magnitude earthquake occurred in Pingyuan County, Dezhou City, Shandong Province at 2:33:59 BST on August 6, 2023, with a focal depth of 10 kilometers. The epicenter is located near Wangdagua Village, Wangdagua Town, Pingyuan County, Dezhou City. At present, earthquake relief work is being fully carried out.
After the earthquake, Wang Xiangxi, Deputy Commander of the State Council's Earthquake Relief Command and Minister of Emergency Management, immediately made arrangements. The Office of the State Council Earthquake Relief Command and the Ministry of Emergency Management have decided to activate the national earthquake level four emergency response and dispatched a working group to Shandong to guide and assist in earthquake relief work. The Ministry of Emergency Management has video connections with the National Seismological Administration, the Seismological Network Center, the Emergency Management Department of Shandong Province, and the Fire Rescue Brigade to dispatch and understand the situation in the earthquake area, and deploy earthquake relief work.
Lin Wu, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, and Zhou Naixiang, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee and Governor, immediately made phone calls to dispatch relevant information and made arrangements and deployments, demanding that the disaster situation be verified as soon as possible, emergency rescue work be organized well, and disaster losses be minimized to the greatest extent possible. We must make every effort to provide medical treatment for the injured, evacuate the public, conduct a comprehensive investigation of damaged houses, and simultaneously carry out the reconstruction of collapsed houses. To ensure the safe operation of various infrastructure such as transportation and electricity, key locations should evacuate personnel in an orderly manner in advance if necessary. We need to strengthen monitoring and early warning, timely and accurately release information, and maintain overall social stability. After scheduling and arranging rescue work at the provincial emergency command center, Zhou Liwei, the commander and deputy governor of the provincial earthquake relief command center, led a team to rush to Dezhou to command the rescue on site.
The Provincial Earthquake Relief Command dispatched a guidance team led by officials from the Provincial Emergency Department and the Provincial Seismological Bureau to the scene. Provincial earthquake disaster rescue teams, medical rescue teams, and others have gathered on standby and coordinated with local stationed troops, armed police forces, and fire rescue teams to participate in earthquake relief efforts nearby.
The Seismological Bureau of Shandong Province and the China Earthquake Networks Center Center held a joint video conference, and it was analyzed that it was unlikely that a larger earthquake would occur in the original epicenter after the earthquake.
As of 7:00 on the 6th, a total of 126 houses collapsed and 21 people were injured in the earthquake stricken area. At present, the infrastructure such as water, electricity, and communication in the earthquake stricken area is normal, and other related situations are still under investigation.
Shandong Dezhou Plain Earthquake: Provincial, Municipal, and County Field Command Headquarters Has Conducted Rescue Command Work
The reporter learned from the on-site command center of the 5.5 magnitude earthquake on August 6th that as of 7:00 pm on August 6th, a total of 126 houses collapsed and 20 people were slightly injured in the earthquake area. At present, the infrastructure such as water, electricity, and communication in the earthquake stricken area is normal, and other related situations are still under investigation.
At 2:33 am on August 6th, a 5.5 magnitude earthquake occurred in Pingyuan County, Dezhou City, Shandong Province, with a depth of 10 kilometers. The epicenter was located near Wangdagua Town in Pingyuan County. After the earthquake, Shandong Province initiated a Level III emergency response. The Emergency Department of Shandong Province, the Provincial Seismological Bureau, the Provincial Fire Rescue Brigade, the Party Committee and Government of Dezhou and Pingyuan immediately established the "Provincial, Municipal, and County On site Command Headquarters", and established 12 working groups including emergency rescue, medical assistance, emergency communication, transportation, power guarantee, and public security maintenance. Professional personnel and officials at all levels were organized to conduct a comprehensive investigation of all 12 townships and villages in Pingyuan County, while conducting a comprehensive investigation of the entire Dezhou City.
The on-site command center requires that all efforts be made to promptly treat the injured, further investigate and investigate the disaster situation, and ensure that no household or individual is missed; Strengthen earthquake monitoring and do a good job in trend analysis and judgment; Strengthen duty and timely report relevant information; Prepare rescue teams and materials; Strengthen the investigation of other situations.