Damage to people and property due to the magnitude 6 earthquake occurred on June 17 in Changning District, Yibin City, Sichuan Province is constantly increasing.

As of 03h20 minutes of June 18 morning local time, the magnitude 6 earthquake in Truong Ninh district, Nghi Tan city, Sichuan province on June 17 has caused 7 people to di‌e and 76 people were deported. Yes.ng. At present, the Sichuan Province functional force has mobilized a large number of people and vehicles with more than 500 police and lifeguards, 63 fire trucks, 5000 tents, 10 thousand folding beds as well as many supporting tools the area where the earthquake occurred to search for and rescue the victims. Most likely, human and property losses will continue to increase in the coming time because many people are still buried in the earthquake.

The magnitude 6 earthquake occurred at 22h55 minutes on June 17, local time in Changning County, Yibin City, Sichuan Province with the coordinates of 28.34 latitude North, 104.90 degrees East, epicenter located at a depth of 16 kilometers.

After the earthquake occurred, the Chinese seismic agency also recorded 32 consecutive aftershocks in the region at different levels, including a 5.1 magnitude aftershock at 23:36 minutes (17 / 6) in Gong district, Yibin city, 4.2-magnitude strong aftershock at 0.37 minutes and aftershock of 3.8 on the Richter scale at 0.39 minutes in Truong Ninh district. Earlier, on December 16, 2018 in the Hung Van District, Yibin City, Sichuan Province, there was also a magnitude 5.7 earthquake.

Changning County, located in Yibin City, is located in the south and about 400 km from Chengdu City, the capital of Sichuan Province. According to the Chinese seismic agency, in the last 7 years, the area of 200 km radius around the earthquake this time has recorded nearly 200 strong earthquakes of 3 or more magnitude, including earthquake. The 6.5-magnitude strong in Zhao Thong City, Yunnan Province, on August 3, 2014, caused 615 poor people and more than 3,000 people to get sick.