Abstract:On October 28, 2019, an M5.7 earthquake occurred in Xiahe County, Gannan Prefecture, Gansu Province. This paper expounds the response process and work effect of the earthquake from the aspects of earthquake emergency treatment, information reporting and sharing, disaster investigation and intensity assessment, earthquake situation monitoring and trend judgment, emergency publicity and public opinion guidance, etc. The characteristics of earthquake damage were analyzed through field investigation, and the seismic intensity map was compiled, which provided the basis for disaster loss assessment, rescue, and post-disaster reconstruction. From the aspects of strengthening the management of earthquake fortification in rural areas, improving the technical services of earthquake prevention and disaster reduction, strengthening the knowledge of earthquake prevention and disaster reduction, strengthening earthquake emergency preparedness and so on, the enlightenment of earthquake resistance and disaster prevention was obtained and the corresponding suggestions were put forward.