At 23:59 on December 18, 2023, a 6.2-magnitude earthquake occurred in Jishishan Baoan Dongxiang Salar Autonomous County in Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu Province. The focal depth was 10 kilometers. The epicenter of the epicenter in Liugou Township was about 8 kilometers away from the county seat. After the earthquake, Jilin-1 satellite immediately launched emergency response, dispatched high-resolution remote sensing satellites, conducted emergency photography of the earthquake area, and investigated the damage in the earthquake area and surrounding areas.
First, let’s take a look at the main urban area of Jishishan County:
The disaster situation in Dahejia Town, Linxia, Gansu Province was serious:
Haidong City in Qinghai Province, on the other side of the Yellow River adjacent to Gansu, was also severely affected:
Large areas of the ground collapsed in the Jintian Village and Caotan Village areas of Haidong City, and the debris flow caused most of the houses in the area to be damaged and collapsed: