A magnitude 6.9 earthquake occurred in Menyuan County, Haibei Prefecture, Qinghai Province (37.77 degrees north latitude, 101.26 degrees east longitude), with a focal depth of 10 kilometers. Elephant News reporters learned from the Menyuan County Party Committee Propaganda Department that the epicenter of the earthquake was in Huangcheng Township. So far, four people have been found to have minor injuries and have returned home after treatment. At present, local water, electricity, heating and communications are in normal use, and people's lives are as normal. Rescue workers and related personnel are still conducting further investigations locally. There were many aftershocks in Menyuan, Qinghai, and earthquakes were clearly felt in Xining, Xi'an and other places. Many Menyuan residents revealed that they were woken up by the earthquake in the early morning, and items in the house were scattered all over the floor. Many residents hurriedly went downstairs to avoid danger. After the earthquake, the Qinghai Provincial Emergency Committee launched a Level II emergency response for major earthquake disasters, and relevant rescue forces quickly gathered and rushed to the local area. Four people in Menyuan County were slightly injured and have returned home after receiving medical treatment. ?They were all minor injuries, nothing serious. They went home after simple treatment.

Local residents have normal access to water, electricity, heating and communications. As for the damage to houses, cattle and sheep, local personnel are making further arrangements. ?In the morning, questionnaires have been distributed to all villages and towns, and they will conduct statistics from village to village. The statistical work has not yet been completed. People's lives have returned to normal. ?After the earthquake, the Office of the State Council Earthquake Relief Headquarters and the Ministry of Emergency Management were established. The Ministry of Emergency Management and the China Earthquake Administration sent working groups to the scene overnight to assist the local government in disaster verification, mass resettlement, and earthquake trend research and judgment.

The Provincial Earthquake Bureau, State Grid Qinghai Electric Power Company, China Railway Qinghai-Tibet Group and other departments and units immediately launched emergency plans, and relevant provincial and national departments quickly organized professional emergency rescue forces to comprehensively carry out various types of earthquake relief work. After the earthquake, China Railway Qinghai-Tibet Group Co., Ltd. immediately launched an emergency plan to block the lines between the Lanzhou-Qinghai Railway, the Qinghai-Tibet Railway from Haishiwan to Chahannuo Station, the Lanzhou-Xinjiang Passenger Dedicated Line, Xining Expressway, and Haomen Station, and immediately stopped all operations. Cross-border trains on blocked roads. ?