Have there been any major earthquakes in Songyuan City? How many times have you been shaken in a day now? Why are students always on vacation?
According to the official measurement of the China Seismological Network, from the 5.5-magnitude earthquake in Songyuan, Jilin on October 31, 2013 to 8:00 on November 26 today, 472 earthquake events were recorded in Japan, including magnitude 3.0 or above. There were 20 earthquakes, including 5 magnitudes 5.0-5.9, 5 magnitudes 4.0-4.9, and 10 magnitudes 3.0-3.9. At 22:09 on November 25, a magnitude 4.0 earthquake occurred in Qiangarros Mongolian Autonomous County, Songyuan City, Jilin Province (44.7 degrees north latitude, 124.1 degrees east longitude), with a focal depth of 6 kilometers.
There may be earthquakes around magnitude 5, but there will not be serious destructive earthquakes - excerpted from "Songyuan Daily" on November 27, 2013
Li Ke, director of the Monitoring and Forecasting Department of the China Earthquake Administration, came to our city for an inspection.
According to expert judgment, earthquakes with a magnitude of around 5 may cause serious and destructive earthquakes, but there will not be any.
On November 26, Li Ke, Director of the Monitoring and Forecasting Department of the China Earthquake Administration, accompanied by Gao Fuping, Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee, visited the earthquake area of our city for investigation.
(Our special frontline reporter Cai Yuying and Wang Jia] Yesterday afternoon, Li Ke, Director of the Monitoring and Forecasting Department of the China Earthquake Administration, and his delegation came to our city to inspect the situation in the disaster area. Municipal Party Committee Secretary Gao Fuping, Municipal Party Committee Standing Member and Executive Vice Mayor Chai Wei, Municipal Party Committee Standing Committee and Propaganda Minister Xu Shuhong, Municipal Party Committee Standing Committee and Municipal Party Secretary Jin Guoxue, and Vice Mayor Sun Zhiguo inspected together. At the provincial, municipal, and county level three earthquake site headquarters, Li Ke first expressed condolences to the staff who were working day and night on the front line of monitoring, asked with concern about their clothing, food, and housing, and told them to pay attention to safety. Li Ke said that although the conditions in the disaster area are difficult, everyone must still bite the bullet, do a good job in earthquake tracking and earthquake monitoring and forecasting, and report measurement information to the municipal and county governments in a timely manner to provide monitoring services for the people in the disaster area. Li Ke then viewed the earthquake intensity distribution map of the 5.8-magnitude earthquake swarm in Qianguo County, the epicenter distribution map of the earthquake sequence in Qianguo County on October 31, and the distribution map of historical moderately strong earthquakes and modern moderate earthquakes in Jilin Province. After listening to the experts from the Provincial Seismological Bureau After the relevant introduction, Li Ke first fully affirmed the powerful measures taken by governments at all levels in our city. He said that along the way, he saw that the people in the disaster areas were very hard-working, but he also saw that governments at all levels had taken many effective measures to deal with the epidemic. After the earthquake disaster, various post-earthquake response measures, such as building new colored steel houses, mobilizing the affected people to relocate, and providing farmers with subsidies for selling grain, were very effective. At present, the most important thing is to guide the masses correctly and guide positive public opinion so that the masses will not listen to rumors from unknown channels and reduce psychological pressure. According to expert judgment, there may be an earthquake of around magnitude 5, but there will not be a serious destructive earthquake, nor will there be large casualties. The weather is cold, and disaster relief and resettlement work is a top priority. Governments at all levels must do a good job in resettling victims and ensuring the personal and property safety of the affected people. Gao Fuping said that we will actively carry out various tasks such as resettlement, transfer and psychological counseling of the masses, and we must persist in carrying out work creatively to ensure the safety of people's lives. Li Ke and his party also inspected the grain collection and storage warehouse in Chaganhua Town, Qianguo County and the disaster-stricken site of the fifth farm of Tengzi Breeding Farm in Qian'an County, and carried out earthquake tracking, investigation and guidance work.
Yesterday afternoon, our city held an earthquake emergency evacuation and emergency support work meeting. The meeting requested that in accordance with the principle of "it is better to believe that something exists than to believe something does not exist", we must strengthen the awareness of resisting major earthquakes and preventing major disasters, and do a solid job in the current earthquake relief work. All counties (cities, districts) and departments must strengthen organizational leadership, perform their duties, and form a joint effort. It is necessary to strengthen the implementation of responsibilities, and hold those responsible for poor implementation accountable. Zhou Qingdong, member of the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee, deputy mayor, and commander-in-chief of the municipal earthquake emergency response, attended the meeting and delivered a speech.
It is reported that there are 50 emergency shelters in urban areas of our city, including 27 in Jiangnan and 23 in Jiangbei. These places are chosen in squares, schools, parks and other locations with flat terrain, convenient transportation, and densely populated surrounding areas.
Zhou Qingdong requested that all counties (cities, districts) and departments should act quickly to complete and implement emergency shelters, emergency disaster relief material reserves, etc. within three days, so that the people know how to take refuge , where to take refuge. Escape drills should be organized in phases and batches, and key shopping malls, hotels and large enterprises should also be selected to carry out emergency evacuation drills.
As for the construction of emergency shelters, Zhou Qingdong requested that planning, earthquake and other departments and units have formed emergency plans, and now they must implement the formed plans to give full play to their role as temporary shelters. The planning department must identify and approve the emergency shelters in the plan so that they can be put into use as soon as possible. Counties (cities, districts), development zones, Jilin Oilfield Company, and municipal departments must put the prepared temporary shelters into use as soon as possible. The earthquake department is specifically responsible for the construction of emergency shelters. Each identified emergency shelter must have a sign with the name of the place so that the public can see it at a glance. At the same time, Level II and Level III emergency response should be activated, and two Level III emergency shelters should be built in accordance with standards in Jiangnan and Jiangbei.
As for the civil affairs disaster relief material reserve work, Zhou Qingdong requested that a material reserve warehouse be set up in Jiangnan and Jiangbei of the urban area to mainly store emergency clothing, shelter and emergency food materials.
From now on, emergency relief materials obtained from the country and provinces must be stored in warehouses in accordance with unified requirements. The city and county levels must make good calculations based on demand. The civil affairs department will calculate a demand list, and the financial department will allocate funds to ensure adequate reserves of emergency disaster relief materials.