Earthquake in Yunnan, China turns deadly – at least 1 killed, 28 injured (8 seriously)
Last update: October 7, 2014 at 6:37 pm
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Update 18:18 UTC : It will take until the early morning in China until we can make a better intermediate report on what happened.
The good news is that new reports are saying that no town houses collapsed. A lot of cracks in walls in between 5-6 centimeters wide. There will be a lot of economic damage, but based on our experience the current fatality/injured numbers will not change a lot. Let’s hope that we are right.
It is currently the middle of the night in China.
Current toll is 1 fatality and 38 injured
The good news is that new reports are saying that no town houses collapsed. A lot of cracks in walls in between 5-6 centimeters wide. There will be a lot of economic damage, but based on our experience the current fatality/injured numbers will not change a lot. Let’s hope that we are right.
It is currently the middle of the night in China.
Current toll is 1 fatality and 38 injured
Update 18:15 UTC : Up to now a total of 10,600 tents transported to the disaster area, 11,000 quilts, 11000 coats, 10000 clothes, 10,000 sets.
Update 18:08 UTC : Link to a video page of a Chinese site — Link to another video
Update 17:23 UTC : Some discussion in the Chinese press about the number of fatalities (yes, this happens also in China). The 5 was reported by an important newspaper, but now the same newspaper contradicts in saying only 1 person was reported dead officially. The same source also says that the number of collapsed houses in Yongping is very limited, which is great news to hear. Cell phone communications is this area were only disrupted for about 30 minutes.
Update 17:10 UTC : This is earthquake response the Chinese way : 8750 Armed Forces including 248 officers and soldiers rushed to the disaster area! The earthquake only happened a couple of hours ago. Chinese response to earthquakes is very well managed. ER wants to congratulate over and over again the way the Chinese deal with disasters, especially earthquakes. It will never be perfect of course but it is so well coordinated that it will be hard to match their effort. To give you an idea, earthquake response the Chinese way is within a couple of hours after the earthquake sending heavy equipment like crabnes and bulldozers to clear landslides, dispatching generators, setting p public and free telecommunications centers, field hospitals, etc etc etc
Update 17:03 UTC : Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang has been briefed on the earthquake and has immediately ordered instructions to involved parties. Mr. Li Keqiang is very experienced and took the lead in many other disasters.
Update 16:58 UTC : Aftershocks so far : 30 – Search and rescue personnel on their way or reached 28 villages
Update 16:40 UTC : Chinese people are using their own social network. Since the earthquake happened 62,000 Chinese discussed the earthquake in 1 environment!
Update 16:25 UTC : New intermediate update : 5 person killed, 8 seriously injured and 20 slightly injured. Power supply and telecommunications are down on Yongping
Update 16:16 UTC : 10,000 tents, 10,000 blankets, 10,000 coats and 10,000 quilts are currently being sent to the greater epicenter area. Tents are needed as the area has a lot of medium strength aftershocks right now.
Faulting map with Focal Mechanism
Probable ground movement based on the Focal Mechanism, aftershock pattern and fault map
Bullets are the aftershocks so far
Update 16:04 UTC : So far 1 person killed and 19 injured
Update 16:00 UTC : Below the shaking map which was published a little while ago by the Chinese authorities. Magnitude Mw6.2. The earthquake type is the most dangerous one : strike-slip which means in human terms a mainly horizontal movement.
Update 15:54 UTC : The army alone has called 1250 officers and soldiers to rush to the earthquake dispatch centers. Some personnel is already assessing the situation.
Update 15:49 UTC : More and more reports are coming in from Yongping that many houses were severely damaged
Update 15:46 UTC : A Class II emergency response has been called by the China seismological bureau. The Governor Governor Li Jiheng of Jinggu province will manage the relief and rescue work.
Update 15:27 UTC : Reports from Yongping county are also mentioning collapsed houses. Especially older houses in China are very vulnerable as they are mostly not reinforced and have been constructed in Adobe (earth) or bricks.
Update 15:30 UTC : What we expected has happened. At least 1 person was killed and 3 injured in the location on the map below, Yongping county.
Update 15:27 UTC : 550 Military and Police be soon dispatched to assess the situation and to do some search and rescue work in the epicenter area.
Update 15:21 UTC : No new damage reports from China. Below the expected injuries/fatalities numbers from Prof. Max Wyss who used the USGS data for his calculations. The exact location of the epicenter will decide if this earthquake will be deadly or not. When the epicenter is in the mountains, there may be a narrow escape. Epicenter calculation is a very difficult job and the projected located if often erroneous for many km.
Update 15:05 UTC : Jinggu County reports adobe houses with cracks, tiles falling but so far no casualties. Early warning system works – Yunnan Pu’er City Earthquake Disaster Mitigation Institute Board and the Chengdu Hi-tech joint construction of earthquake early warning reports success of the earthquake early warning system. It is understood that the earthquake, 67 seconds ahead of Kunming people receive warning. ER : Nice to have BUT this early warning system is giving almost NO help at all in a radius of 20 to 30 km around the epicenter.
Update 14:54 UTC : Some sources say a unpopulated area. Not true !!! The image below shows a distance of ONLY 14 km to Yongpingzhen, a very populated valley!
Update 14:45 UTC : USGS has now increased the Magnitude from 5.8 to 6.0 and gives a max. shaking of MMI VII (very strong shaking) in the immediate epicenter area. USGS puts the depth at 10.1 km. Based on the skills of the Chinese seismologists, we currently use the data of the Chinese and expect a MMI VIII (severe shaking) in the direct epicenter area.
Update 14:44 UTC : Due to the landscape we believe that this earthquake will have triggered many dangerous landslides.
Update 14:37 UTC : According Pu’er City residents (Pu’er City is at 86 km from the epicenter), the shaking was very noticeable and a lot of people are outdoors to escape. Communication was briefly interrupted but is now restored again. No reports of collapsed buildings so far.
Update 14:28 UTC : So far only reports of slight damage but we have to take into account that it is dark right now and we expect telecommunications down in and around the epicenter itself.
Update 14:25 UTC : The direct area of the epicenter is very mountainous BUT we count a population of at least 300,000 people near the epicenter and even 2.5 million people in a radius of 100 km.
Update 14:23 UTC : The Chinese are reporting so far already 3 aftershocks of respectively 3.4, 3.4 and 3.6
Update 14:21 UTC : Contrary to the international agencies, the Chinese seismological agency reports a Magnitude of 6.6 at an extremely shallow depth of 5 km.
The earthquake was felt as fat as the Yunnan capital Kunming
The earthquake was felt as fat as the Yunnan capital Kunming
City : Lincang City (from the epicenter approximately 68.6 kilometers)
City: Pu’er City (from the epicenter approximately 84.0 kilometers)
City: Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture (from the epicenter approximately 157.6 kilometers)
City: Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture (from the epicenter approximately 211.0 kilometers)
City: Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture (from the epicenter approximately 226.4 kilometers)
City: Yuxi City (from the epicenter approximately 233.7 kilometers)
City: Baoshan City (from the epicenter approximately 234.3 kilometers)
City: Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture (from the epicenter approximately 247.1 kilometers)
City: Pu’er City (from the epicenter approximately 84.0 kilometers)
City: Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture (from the epicenter approximately 157.6 kilometers)
City: Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture (from the epicenter approximately 211.0 kilometers)
City: Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture (from the epicenter approximately 226.4 kilometers)
City: Yuxi City (from the epicenter approximately 233.7 kilometers)
City: Baoshan City (from the epicenter approximately 234.3 kilometers)
City: Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture (from the epicenter approximately 247.1 kilometers)
Most important Earthquake Data:
Magnitude : 6.1
Local Time (conversion only below land) : 2014-10-07 21:49:44
GMT/UTC Time : 2014-10-07 13:49:44
Depth (Hypocenter) : 10 km
Depth and Magnitude updates in the list below.
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| SRC | Location | UTC Date/time | M | D | INFO | |
| EMSC | Yunnan, China | Oct 07 13:49 | 6.1 | 10 | MAP I Felt It | |
| GEOFON | Yunnan, China | Oct 07 13:49 | 6.1 | 10 | MAP I Felt It INFO | |
| USGS | Weiyuan, China | Oct 07 13:49 | 6.0 | 10 | MAP I Felt It | |
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