I heard that there will be a magnitude 7-8 earthquake in Nanjing on June 13, 2010. Is this true?

False``

Xinhua News Network-Yangtze Evening News reported on April 27 that "NASA and the National Seismological Network predict that a major earthquake in Nanjing, China will occur in 2010 It will hit on June 13. The epicenter is Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, with a magnitude of about 7-8. "Recently, a post titled "There will be a magnitude 7-8 earthquake in Nanjing on June 13" has been popular on the Internet. It attracted the attention of many netizens and spread to the lives of citizens, causing a negative impact.

Yesterday, reporters discovered that an article titled "The recent 7-magnitude earthquake in Nanjing is a rumor" was published on the website of the Nanjing Earthquake Administration, publicly responding: There are rumors about a 7-magnitude earthquake happening in our city. It is purely nonsense. Please do not believe it, let alone spread it, so as not to affect your own life and the lives of others.

Not only Nanjing

Major earthquakes were reported in many areas

"According to the Jiangsu Geological Survey: There are hot springs in Jiangning District, Nanjing with water temperatures exceeding 76 The relevant experts arrived in Nanjing at about 10 a.m. on April 20, and the relevant survey instruments showed that the underground roar was increased by 55 decibels compared to the past. The Nanjing earthquake on June 13 will affect its connected counties and cities such as Zhenjiang, Changzhou, Wuxi, Chuzhou, etc. "As soon as the reporter opened QQ yesterday, such a link appeared. Not only reporters, but many people around me have received such news.

When entering "June 13 earthquake" on Baidu, more than 2 million posts immediately popped up. The reporter noticed that in these posts, there were not only predictions of a major earthquake in Nanjing, but also predictions of "earthquakes" in Foshan, Shaanxi, Henan and other places. "From this point of view, it is definitely a rumor." Zhang Zhenya, deputy director of the Provincial Seismological Bureau, said.

The time and place are too specific

It must be a rumor

In fact, earthquake rumors have been "prevalent" for a long time. Since the beginning of this year, rumors about where a major earthquake will occur, or what magnitude of earthquake will occur at a certain time on a certain day, have been appearing on the Internet.

"In fact, the main contents of the current earthquake rumors are also very similar." Experts from the Nanjing Earthquake Bureau said, for example, some natural phenomena, such as the second blooming of fruit trees due to the warming climate, and the recovery and thawing of the earth in spring. Phenomena such as sand turning and water leakage are mistaken for earthquake anomalies, which are also the most likely to become the "basis" for earthquake rumors.

"In fact, it is very simple to judge earthquake rumors." Zhang Zhenya said that the so-called earthquake forecast opinions are very "accurate" in factors such as time and location, which exceed the actual level of current forecasts, such as the time and location of the rumored earthquake. It is very specific, and even the earthquake time is accurate to "morning" and "evening", which is an earthquake rumor. "Currently, humans have very little knowledge about earthquakes, and it is impossible to predict what magnitude earthquake will occur on which day and where."

It is reported that the "Law of the People's Republic of China on National Defense and Disaster Mitigation" Article 29 has clearly stipulated that the state implements a unified release system for earthquake forecast opinions. The long-term and medium-term earthquake forecast opinions nationwide are issued by the State Council; the earthquake forecast opinions within the administrative regions of provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the Central Government are issued by the people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the Central Government in accordance with the procedures prescribed by the State Council. No unit or individual may disseminate earthquake forecast opinions and evaluation results to the public.

A young woman posted a rumor online, saying that there was going to be an earthquake in Nanjing in the near future. Yesterday, Nanjing Pukou police summoned the poster. Currently, the woman is under administrative detention by the police for disturbing public order.

At about 9 pm on April 25, Nanjing police discovered that someone posted a rumor on the Internet saying: There will be an earthquake in Nanjing soon, and everyone should be prepared. The Internet Police Department quickly arranged special personnel to investigate the matter. At around 4pm yesterday, Pukou police found the poster, Ding, based on clues. After investigation, Ding, female, 25 years old, runs a fashion photography center and likes to post online.

At about 7 pm on the 25th, Ding saw a post titled "Experts predict an earthquake in Nanjing" in a friend's QQ space, which reminded him of the horrific scenes in the movie "2012" he recently watched, the earthquake in Yushu, Qinghai, and The more Ding looked at the unusual weather in Nanjing recently, the more he became frightened.

Later, Ding reposted the post on the "Post-Marriage Space" and "Pukou Forum" in Xici Hutong, and soon dozens of people followed it. It was not until some netizens pointed out the many falsehoods in this post that Ding realized that this post was a rumor. After verification, this rumor was plagiarized from another Shaanxi earthquake rumor that appeared online recently. Yesterday afternoon, the Nanjing Seismological Bureau also published on its official website "The recent magnitude 7 earthquake in Nanjing is a rumor" and refuted the rumor in its post.

At about 9 o'clock last night, Pukou police detained Ding administratively for spreading rumors and disrupting public order in accordance with Article 25 of the "Public Security Management Punishment Law". The police remind members of the public not to believe in online rumors and not to post unfounded posts online.