Summary of the emergency response following the Yongqing M4.3 earthquake in Hebei Province

The Yongqing M4.3 earthquake occurred on February 12, 2018 before the eve of the Spring Festival in the key strengthened monitoring region of capital circle, an economically developed and populated area. This earthquake struck a wide range of areas, and attracted a lot of public attention. This paper describes all aspects of the emergency work following the Yongqing earthquake in details, examines comprehensively the earthquake information release, emergency response, information collection, rapid assessment, organization and command, information submission, earthquake damage investigation, news propaganda, communication and logistics supports and so on, which will provide a reference for the similar earthquake emergency situations in the future.