BEIJING, Sept. 5 -- A magnitude-6.8 earthquake jolted Luding County,Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in southwest China's Sichuan Province at 12:52 of September 5. According to the latest update by CCTV (as of 23:16, Spet. 5), 46 people have lost their lives in the earthquake, with 29 deaths reported in Ganzi and 17 in Ya'an; in addition, there are 16 people missing and another 50 wounded.
北电9月5日电 9月5日12时52分，四川省甘孜州泸定县发生6.8级地震。据CCTV消息，截至9月5日23:16，四川泸定6.8级地震目前已造成46人遇难，其中甘孜州29人，雅安市17人。另有16人失联，50人受伤。
After the earthquake broke out, the People's Armed Police (PAP) Force sent troops to rush to the earthquake-hit area for emergency rescue and quake disaster relief operations.
灾情发生后，武警部队救援力量紧急驰援灾区。
Among them, the Ganzi detachment under the PAP Sichuan Coprs dispatched 30 armed policemen to the epicenter Detuo village, Luding County, to carry out quake disaster affection investigation, road clearance and evacuation of local residents.
武警四川总队甘孜支队30名官兵奔赴震中泸定县得妥乡，开展情况勘察、道路清理和转移群众等工作。
The second mobile detachment of the PAP Sichuan Coprs sent out 95 service members equipped with life-detection equipment and forcible entry tools and15 rescue vehicles including excavators and loaders to the epicenter.
武警四川总队机动第二支队派出95名官兵和15台挖掘机、装载机等抢险救援车辆，携带生命探测仪、破拆工具紧急赶往震中。
The General Hospital of PAP Sichuan Corps has dispatched an emergency-response medical team to the Luding Country to provide emergency care and first aid and evacuation of the wounded. The team set out with ambulances, surgery cabin vehicles, epidemic prevention and decontamination vehicles and medical supplies.
武警四川总队医院出动应急医疗队和救护车、手术方舱车、防疫洗消车，携带医疗物资前往泸定县，开展伤员紧急救护、后送治疗等工作。
As of 16:00 of Sept. 5, over 1000 PAP service members have arrived at the quake-hit Luding and engaged in emergency rescue and disaster relief operations.
截至5日16时，1000余名武警官兵紧急出动，投入抢险救援一线。
