Original title: Qinghai Menyuan earthquake intensity map announced that the highest intensity is IX degrees (9 degrees) Source: CCTV News Client
At 11:57 p.m. on January 11, Qinghai Province held the fourth press conference on the Qinghai Menyuan earthquake. The earthquake with a magnitude of 6.9 caused a surface rupture of about 22 kilometers, and the highest intensity was IX degree (9 degrees), and the area of VI degree (6 degrees) and above was about 23,417 square kilometers, of which the area of VI degree (6 degrees) and above in Qinghai Province was about 13,723 square kilometers, and the area of grade VI (degree 6) and above in Gansu Province is about 9,694 square kilometers. The earthquake involved a total of 32 townships in 6 districts and counties in 3 cities and prefectures in Qinghai Province, and 29 in 6 districts and counties in 3 cities in Gansu Province. Townships, as well as Zhongmu Mountain Dan Horse Farm and Dahuangshan Forest Farm.
The IX degree (9 degree) area covers an area of about 157 square kilometers, mainly involving Huangcheng Mongolian Township and Sujitan Township in Menyuan Hui Autonomous County, Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai Province, Arou Township and Mole Township in Qilian County. The damage caused by degree IX (degree 9) includes severe displacement and inclination of railway bridge deck beams, severe distortion of railway tracks, and partial dislocations, cracks in many parts of highway pavement, visible bedrock cracks, dislocation, and mountain collapse.
The so-called seismic intensity reflects the degree of damage to the ground, houses and other structures affected by the earthquake. In my country, the intensity is divided into 12 grades. The higher the grade, the more severe the damage. Among them, buildings with an intensity of 6 and above will be damaged to varying degrees. Generally speaking, in an earthquake, the closer to the epicenter, the greater the intensity value; the farther away from the epicenter, the smaller the intensity value. The earthquake intensity map reflects the scope and degree of impact on the ground caused by an earthquake.
(Headquarters reporter Li Yonghui, Gaoshan Wang Renzhong)
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