BEIJING, May 11 (Xinhua) — According to the website of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, at 10:40 on May 11, the National Disaster Reduction Commission and the Ministry of Civil Affairs urgently launched the national level IV disaster relief emergency response for the 5.5-magnitude earthquake disaster in Tashkent Kurgan, Xinjiang, and dispatched a working group to the disaster area, assist local governments in disaster relief and properly resettle the affected people.
According to the report of the civil affairs department of Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, at 05:58 on May 11, an earthquake of 5.5 magnitude occurred in Kashgar region (37.58 degrees NORTH LATITUDE and 75.25 degrees east longitude), with a focal depth of 8 kilometers. As of 12:00 on the 11th, 8 people were killed, 23 were injured (5 were seriously injured), and 1520 houses collapsed or were seriously damaged. The specific disaster situation is under further statistical verification.
The earthquake caused cracks in the wall of TA County People’s Hospital.
After the earthquake, the Party committee and government of Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region attached great importance to it. The Party committee secretary of the autonomous region, Chen national, and the chairman of the autonomous region government, Schick Laiti zakel, respectively gave instructions, and the Disaster Reduction Committee of the autonomous region, on May 11, the civil affairs department urgently launched the emergency response of Level III disaster relief. Gilla yisamudin, the vice chairman of the autonomous region government, led the civil affairs department, earthquake and other departments to form a working group to go to the hardest hit areas to check the disaster situation and visit the affected people, understand the actual difficulties in the disaster area; The civil affairs department of the autonomous region urgently allocated 500 tents, 1000 beds of quilts, 1000 folding beds, 1000 pieces of cotton-padded coat, 1000 sleeping bags and other relief supplies to fully guarantee the basic life of the affected people.
At present, the disaster relief work in the disaster area is being carried out in an orderly manner.
BEIJING, May 11 (Xinhua) — According to the website of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, at 10:40 on May 11, the National Disaster Reduction Commission and the Ministry of Civil Affairs launched a national level IV disaster relief emergency response to the 5.5-magnitude earthquake disaster in ashkurgan, Xinjiang, and dispatched workers.