Beijing, Urumqi, May 11 (Geng Dandan) according to the official microblog news of Xinjiang Earthquake Administration, at 05:58 on May 11, a 5.5-magnitude earthquake occurred in Kashgar, Kashgar, Xinjiang (hereinafter referred to as taxian County), and the local earthquake was strong. As of 08:50, according to preliminary verification, the earthquake has killed 8 people and injured 23 people, one of whom was seriously injured. Several houses collapsed. The injured have been sent to hospital for treatment. The specific disaster situation is being further verified.
After the earthquake, Chen Guo, secretary of the Party committee of Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region of the Communist Party of China, and Xue kelaiti zakel, chairman of Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, made arrangements for the first time, demanding that all efforts should be made to search and rescue personnel, rescue the wounded, and quickly evacuate and transfer the people, do a good job in emergency rescue and disaster relief, and resolutely prevent casualties and property losses caused by aftershocks and secondary disasters.
The flower pots in the medical staff’s office dropped due to the earthquake. Photo by Wang Xiaojun
Gilla yisamudin, vice chairman of Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, led the heads and experts of relevant departments to form a working group and rushed to the disaster area to guide earthquake relief. The responsible persons in Kashgar and Taxkorgan County led the earthquake, fire fighting, civil affairs, health, transportation, communications and other relevant departments to rush to the front line of the earthquake area to check the disaster situation and organize earthquake relief.
The reporter learned from the propaganda department of taxian County that after the earthquake, taxian County had immediately set up an earthquake emergency headquarters and started the emergency response plan. The earthquake emergency site working group was on its way to the earthquake-stricken area of taxian County, more than 2,000 local military and police troops and cadres and workers carried out emergency rescue and disaster relief.
The reporter learned from the Xinjiang Meteorological Bureau that at present, the weather in the area where the earthquake zone is located is showers, which has a certain impact on the rescue. According to Dou Xinying, chief service officer of Xinjiang Meteorological Bureau, Ta county had been sunny before, and just had a rainfall system these two days. At present, the earthquake area is a shower, which turns cloudy tonight. The temperature is 3-18 ℃ and there are 4-5 winds. It is expected that the earthquake area will be cloudy or showering in the next few days.
Dou Xinying said: “The temperature is relatively low at night these days, which has some impact on rescue. The minimum temperature is about 4℃. Pay attention to cold protection and warmth.”
The earthquake caused serious damage to the ceiling of TA County People’s Hospital. Photo by Wang Xiaojun
According to statistics, at present, there are 2460 households and 12000 people affected by the disaster in 5 disaster areas, 9200 people transferred and resettled, 600000 square meters of affected houses, 2,500 rooms, and more than 800 dead and injured livestock. Among them, 220 households and 1520 civil buildings in kuziroller village, the hardest hit area, all collapsed, killing 8 people and injuring 23 people.
At present, people in the earthquake-stricken areas have stable emotions and stable social order. (Finished)
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zhongxin.com, Urumqi, May 11 (Geng Dandan) according to the official microblog news of Xinjiang Earthquake Administration, at 05:58 on May 11, a 5.5-magnitude earthquake occurred in Kashgar, Kashgar, Xinjiang, and Tajikistan Autonomous County (hereinafter referred to as taxian County), strong local shock