Origin time 21:49 UTC+8 Date 7 October 2014 | Areas affected China | |
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Magnitude Ms 6.6 (CENC)
Mw 6.0 (USGS)
Mw 6.1 (EMSC) Depth 5 kilometres (3 mi)(CENC)
10.9 kilometres (7 mi)(USGS) Casualties 1 dead，324 injured (as of October 08, 2014) Location Jinggu Dai and Yi Autonomous County, Pu'er City, China Similar 2014 Kangding earthquake, 2008 Damxung earthquake, 2008 Panzhihua earthquake, 1970 Tonghai earthquake, 2014 Orkney earthquake | ||
2014 Jinggu earthquake occurred on October 7, 2014 at 21:49(UTC+8).The epicenter was located in Jinggu, Pu'er, Yunnan, People's Republic of China.The earthquake killed at least 1 person, injuring at least 324 others. The magnitude of the earthquake was placed at Ms 6.6 by the China Earthquake Data Center with a focal depth of 5.0 kilometres (12 mi). It was measured at Mw 6.0 by the United States Geological Survey with a focal depth of 10.9 kilometres (6.7 mi) and Mw 6.1 by the European Alert System.
Effects and relief efforts
As of October 9, Jinggu has centralized resettlement of 37000 people, received 13000 tents, 2300 quilts to multi bed.The earthquake caused 7 reservoirs damaged to varying degrees, the largest Changhai reservoir sprouted bad leaks.High voltage power lines of earthquake region are all looting, the epicenter of tap water supply returned to normal, all village road of the earthquake region are opening.