Earthquake in Shenmu for excessive mining
2011-03-22 18:03:53 【Print】
A M3.0 collapse earthquake happened in Shenmu County, Shaanxi(39.1°N, 110.1°E), a major production base of coal in Shannxi, at 05:22 am on March 22. And the depth of hypocenters is 0 kilometer.
Excessive mining causes lots of collapsed gobs in Shenmu. Although the collapse earthquake just occupies 3% of total earthquakes with small damage due to shallow hypocenter and low magnitude, the earthquake could threaten life of workers and hit the production within mining zones.
At 3 am on August 29, 2007, an earthquake happened in the gob of Bula Mine in Sunjiacha Town of Shenmu County.
At 23:18 on December 28, 2010, a M3.0 earthquake happened in Shenmu, which is preliminarily considered as the result of collapsed gob of Malata Mine.
Excessive mining causes lots of collapsed gobs in Shenmu. Although the collapse earthquake just occupies 3% of total earthquakes with small damage due to shallow hypocenter and low magnitude, the earthquake could threaten life of workers and hit the production within mining zones.
At 3 am on August 29, 2007, an earthquake happened in the gob of Bula Mine in Sunjiacha Town of Shenmu County.
At 23:18 on December 28, 2010, a M3.0 earthquake happened in Shenmu, which is preliminarily considered as the result of collapsed gob of Malata Mine.
