Yangzhou earthquake area information: Many people have no sleep

Yangzhou, July 21st The earthquake had become a topic for almost every Yangzhou people this morning. Reporters interviewed in the earthquake area said that although many people had no sleep all night, the local people were calm. They told reporters, "The government said that the possibility of a larger earthquake in the original earthquake zone is less likely. We do not panic."

At 20:11 on July 20th, a 4.9-magnitude earthquake occurred at the junction of Gaoyou City and Baoying County in Yangzhou City (33.0 degrees north latitude and 119.6 degrees east longitude). The focal depth was 5 kilometers. The reporter went to Zhouxiang Town, Gaobao, the epicenter of the epicentre, and learned at the scene that there were no casualties, but only a few household chimneys fell. Some of the tiles on the residents’ houses fell to the ground. The bowls fell from the cupboards to the ground. The walls of some old houses had cracks. According to Sun Yulan, a resident of Zhouxiang Town, who had just been a mother, the first time she thought about the earthquake was to hold her baby and protect her. That night, the whole family, like many villagers, supported a mosquito net on the government square in Zhouxiang Town, and stayed awake for the night. She said, “When you look at the safety of your child, you will feel at ease.”

In the urban areas of Gaoyou, the general public felt a great sense of quake. When the earthquake struck, many citizens ran out of the house almost simultaneously. An old Wang Laotai who lives in the Xinhua Community told the reporter that there is nothing now. When the earthquake happened, the old woman had a hard time. She said that when the earthquake struck, it felt only three or four seconds at a time, and the shaking was terrible. After the earthquake, the community Like other residents, they bring mats to the square to cool off.

After the earthquake, many people contacted relatives and friends by telephone and the communication was interrupted. A citizen of the surname Liu is playing cards in the chess room and is eager to go home. He hurries down the stairs from the third floor and accidentally falls and his right foot falls and swells. “Think about it afterwards. I was too nervous at the time. In fact, there is nothing to do without running. Fortunately, the injury is not too heavy.” Mr. Liu said.

“The local government asked everyone not to panic for the first time. Later, the related news of the earthquake was released in a timely manner on the Internet and radio. People also know that this earthquake has little impact on everyone, but sleeping on the outside of the map is a matter of security.” A resident told the reporter that after the earthquake, he saw in front of the Zhouxiang Town Government that there were many vehicles with provincial and municipal licenses, and the government building was well lit. The responsible persons and technicians of the relevant departments of provinces and cities were intensively deploying related work.

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