Earthquakes of magnitude 6.1 and 4.5 occurred successively in Lushan and Baoxing, Sichuan, which has caused one death in Baoxing County.

According to @ Ya ‘an Emergency Weibo News, at 17: 00 on June 1, an earthquake of magnitude 6.1 occurred in Lushan County, Ya ‘an City, with a focal depth of 17 kilometers; At 17: 03, an earthquake of magnitude 4.5 occurred in Baoxing County, Ya ‘an City, with a focal depth of 18 kilometers.

As of 18: 30, some towns and villages in Lushan County and Baoxing County were affected by the earthquake. Lushan County has not received any reports of casualties, and Baoxing County has one death, one serious injury and five minor injuries.

After the earthquake, Ya ‘an quickly launched the secondary emergency response to earthquake disasters. The Ya ‘an Earthquake Relief Headquarters urgently dispatched more than 800 municipal reinforcements such as emergency rescue, armed police, firefighting, medical care, public security and militia, and immediately went to the earthquake-stricken areas to carry out personnel search and rescue, wounded treatment, road rushing and mass transfer and resettlement.

At present, Ya ‘an City is making every effort to search and rescue the trapped people to ensure that no one is missing; Go all out to rescue the injured and minimize casualties; Go all out to transfer people to avoid risks and ensure that no casualties are caused by secondary disasters.