Yesterday, a number of Chengdu residents received a message on their phones telling them that a 6.0 scale earthquake occurred in Beichuan County, Sichuan. The message turned out to be fake, and was part of a test of an early warning system from Chengdu's Hi-Tech Mitigation Institute.

The National Seismic Network posted soon after on its official Weibo that, “the area did not experience a 6.0 scale earthquake, please do not panic.”

A spokesperson from the National Seismic Network said that sending a false disaster warning to the community caused a panic, and that early warning information for earthquakes should be nationally coordinated. Furthermore, early disaster information should not be published by companies or individuals.

Chengdu's Hi-Tech Mitigation Institute disagreed. The institute announced on its Weibo that, “the test achieved good results, and the results will be announced today.”

Source: inews.qq.com

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Keywords: Hi-Tech Mitigation Institute National Seismic Network Sichuan earthquake Chengdu earthquake