CCTV.com News: According to the WeChat official account of "China Water Conservancy", according to the China Earthquake Network Center, at 19:21 on March 24, 2025, a magnitude 4.9 earthquake occurred in Xuyong County, Luzhou City, Sichuan Province (105.18 degrees east longitude, 28.03 degrees north latitude), with a depth of 8 kilometers.
After the earthquake, the Ministry of Water Resources quickly launched the water conservancy earthquake relief dispatching and command mechanism, immediately consulted and analyzed, and informed the Sichuan Provincial Water Resources Department of Water Resources through the national "One Map of Water Conservancy" to report the distribution of water conservancy projects such as reservoirs near the epicenter. The Sichuan Provincial Water Resources Department immediately organized the water conservancy departments of Luzhou and Yibin to investigate possible affected water conservancy projects. As of 22:00 on the 24th, a total of 276 reservoirs, 41 embankments, 159 water supply projects, 52 kilometers of channels, 186 small hydropower stations, 55 water conservancy projects under construction, and 675 mountain torrent hazardous areas have been investigated. The water conditions of Yongning River, Nanguang River and Chishui River near the earthquake zone are stable, the water conservancy projects are operating normally, and no earthquake damage reports have been received yet.
The Ministry of Water Resources will continue to pay attention to the rainwater situation in the earthquake zone, strengthen on-duty and duty, and guide local governments to do a good job in earthquake damage inspection and emergency response to water conservancy projects in the earthquake zone, strictly prevent secondary disasters, and ensure flood control safety and water supply safety.
