Investigate rumors about the earthquake.

Shanxi Youth Daily reported on February 9, 2065438+00 Recently, Taiyuan citizens received text messages saying that major hospitals and other departments in Taiyuan were preparing for earthquake prevention, so it was rumored that a destructive earthquake might occur in Taiyuan. Such short messages have a certain impact on the normal life of some citizens.

"From 20 10/0 to 201June 6, according to the arrangement of the provincial government, the Provincial Seismological Bureau conducted a special inspection on the implementation of the earthquake emergency plan in the province, and many departments conducted earthquake emergency drills according to the plan. This is a normal activity, but some citizens mistakenly think that an earthquake is going to happen. " Yesterday, the relevant person in charge of the office of the Seismological Bureau of Shanxi Province said that earthquake rumors originated from the public's misunderstanding of earthquake emergency drills.

20 10 65438+ 10/5 Mr. Wang, who lives in Taiyuan, received a mobile phone message forwarded by a friend, which read: "Recently, major hospitals are conducting earthquake drills, storing medical supplies and sending many doctors and nurses as earthquake emergency personnel. It seems that there will be a big earthquake in Taiyuan in the near future. Please be prepared for earthquake prevention and try not to stay in the building. "

Since then, the "earthquake rumor" has been further upgraded, and there is another version: "I have seen the earthquake catalogue on the website of Shanxi Earthquake Administration, which says earthquakes of magnitude 6 or above." In this rumor, a website was also mentioned.

When the reporter opened the website, he found that it was official website's "Shanxi Earthquake Catalogue", but there was no rumored "earthquake of magnitude 6 or above" on it. Director Zhang of the Office of the Seismological Bureau of Shanxi Province explained that the earthquake catalogue was published once a week, and no felt earthquakes were detected. What some citizens call "earthquakes of magnitude 6 or above" is a misunderstanding of the earthquake catalogue. "In the directory, except for the back position, it is basically numbers and letters. Some netizens misunderstood the previous figures as orders of magnitude. In fact, only the magnitude marked after' ml' is the magnitude. "

Director Zhang told the reporter that in order to conscientiously implement the new earthquake prevention and disaster reduction law, learn from the experience and lessons of Wenchuan earthquake, and strive to improve the comprehensive ability of earthquake prevention and disaster reduction in our province, the Shanxi earthquake emergency plan was revised for the fifth time. According to the arrangement of the provincial government, the military region, health, civil affairs and propaganda involved in the plan were inspected from June 6, 20 10 to June 6 13.

"The purpose of the inspection is mainly to see the implementation of the plan by various departments. To this end, many departments also specialize in various earthquake emergency drills. " Director Zhang said that the normal exercise activities of hospitals and other units were misunderstood by some citizens, thinking that an earthquake was going to happen.

Director Zhang said that according to the relevant provisions of the Law on Earthquake Prevention and Disaster Mitigation, only the provincial government has the right to publish earthquake prediction, and no unit or individual may publish earthquake prediction information. "It is illegal to spread earthquake rumors, and citizens who want to receive relevant text messages should stop spreading them."

Officials denied that earthquake rumors originated from emergency drills.

"Earthquake rumors" originated from "misunderstanding of emergency drills". Director Zhang of the Office of the Seismological Bureau of Shanxi Province denied this statement yesterday. It says there is no emergency drill in Shanxi. "I don't know where the rumors came from, and the public security department is investigating."

Director Zhang also said that Shanxi has refuted rumors through various channels such as radio, television and SMS. A person from the Provincial Seismological Bureau said, "The area where rumors have occurred has now returned to calm, and some citizens have called for advice."

Afterwards, some netizens said that the official response was too slow, and millions of people stood on the streets all night just to get a brief official statement in the early hours of the morning. There is no secret apology in advance, only the determination to quell rumors.

Therefore, some people think that the slow spread of this earthquake and rumors can also be seen to have a lot to do with the 2010.10.24, Yuncheng Hejin and other places and the 4.8 earthquake of10.210.26. The government blamed "unsuccessful" in advance. Professor Mao Shoulong of Renmin University believes that the relevant departments in Shanxi have done a good job in dealing with "earthquake rumors". "The government can't stop rumors, but it has not turned this matter into a social crisis, and it has not caused serious consequences. It is already quite good." However, this incident also shows that the government's preventive measures against major disasters also need to be strengthened. Otherwise, the panic and anxiety caused by the incident itself will exceed the disaster itself.