A magnitude 6.5 earthquake in Ludian, Yunnan: more than 400 people died, and a nationwide emergency rescue was launched

A magnitude 6.5 earthquake in Ludian, Yunnan: more than 400 people died and a nationwide emergency rescue was called. According to the official Weibo of the National Seismological Network, as of 14:30 on the 5th,...

A magnitude 6.5 earthquake in Ludian, Yunnan: more than 400 people died and a nationwide emergency rescue was rushed. According to the official Weibo of the National Seismological Network, as of 14:30 on the 5th, the Ludian earthquake in Yunnan caused a total of 410 deaths and 2,373 injuries. According to China News Service, in southwest China, it rained continuously in Ludian County after the earthquake. 24 hours ago, the largest earthquake in Yunnan Province in 14 years occurred here. In the face of a major disaster, human life is at stake. Putting saving lives first is the unanimous voice of Chinese officials and people. With the epicenter as the target, every second counts, and all forces in China are going all out to assist the disaster area. However, 24 hours after the blood bank emergency, traffic congestion, material shortages, landslides and rockfalls, torrential rain and aftershocks continued, the rescue in the disaster area was still faced with difficulties. Strong earthquake: The strongest earthquake in Yunnan in 14 years, with more than 400 aftershocks. At about 16:30 on August 3, Beijing time, a magnitude 6.5 earthquake occurred in Ludian County, Zhaotong City, Yunnan Province, causing heavy casualties. As of 14:00 on the 4th, the earthquake had killed 398 people and injured 1,801 people. The devastated earth, weeping bitterly at separation and death. Six years after the Wenchuan earthquake and one year after the Lushan earthquake, Ludian, Yunnan, a small county in southwest China, has attracted worldwide attention. The earthquake has once again become an emergency mobilization order for Chinese society. Communications were interrupted, roads leading to the epicenter were blocked, and cries of pain could be heard everywhere in the streets of the earthquake area. Longtoushan Town, the epicenter of the earthquake, was almost razed to the ground, and hundreds of people died and more than a thousand people were displaced. Shortly after the earthquake, news from the disaster area gradually made the outside world aware of the huge harm of the earthquake. Public opinion also began to wonder: Why are the casualties so serious despite the low magnitude? The epicenter of this earthquake is located in Longtoushan Town, Ludian County, in the Zhaotong-Zaoludian Fault Zone. There have been 44 recorded earthquakes of magnitude 5 or above within 200 kilometers of the earthquake area. In 2013, three earthquakes of magnitude 5 or above occurred within 100 kilometers of the earthquake area. It can be said that Ludian, where the earthquake occurred, is in a high-risk earthquake area, but this 6.5-magnitude earthquake was the largest earthquake in Yunnan Province in 14 years.