Report: 9/5/22

 

A magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck China's Sichuan Province killing 21 people. It was the strongest to hit the region in 5 years. Some roads and homes near the epicenter were damaged from landslides. Communications were down in at least one area. There was no damage reported at dams and hydropwer stations within 50 km of the epicenter. However, damage to the provincial grid had affected power to 40,000. The epicenter was closest to the town of Luding. It was in the mountains about 226 km from the provincial capital of Chengdu. A resident told that she saw people fleeing their high-rise homes in a panic after receiving earthquake warnings on their phones. People were said to be so frightened that they were in tears. In Luding, the quake was so strong that it was hard for some people to remain standing, while cracks appeared on some houses. A magnitude 6.2 earthquake also occurred in the southern East Pacific Rise, but it was no threat to land. There still may be more significant earthquake activity on the rise this week.

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