Earthquake in China
A 6.8-magnitude earthquake hit Luding County on 5 September 2022 in Sichuan's Ganzi district (southwest of Chengdu city), China.
With a focal depth of 16 km, the earthquake killed 65 people, left 12 missing and more than 170 injured.
Tremors shook buildings in Chengdu and the neighbouring mega-city of Chongqing, leaving roads blocked and cutting communication lines in areas home to more than 10,000 residents. More than 50,000 people were temporarily relocated.
- Type of event
- Earthquake
- Location of event
- China
- Date of Charter Activation
- 2022-09-06
- Time of Charter Activation
- 12:16
- Time zone of Charter Activation
- UTC+08:00
- Charter Requestor
- National Disaster Reduction Center of China (NDRCC)
- Activation ID
- 775
- Project Management
- NDRCC
- Value Adding
- -