Abstract:The Luding MS6.8 earthquake is the one which has caused the largest disaster-stricken area and the biggest death toll in Sichuan Province since Lushan MS7.0 earthquake in 2013,which also caused a certain level of damage to buildings and fundamental facilities,and triggered extensive geological hazards. Based on the first-hand data from provincial earthquake relief headquarter and disaster investigation teams,this article processes the data and conducts an analysis on the disaster characteristics of Luding MS6.8 earthquake from different aspects,including time series of disaster information acquisition,spatial distribution of disaster characteristics,life loss,building damage and earthquake-induced geological hazards. Through analysis,preliminary conclusions are drawn as below:①The black box period lasts for 1.5h,the statistical ratio of mortality is less than 1%,over half the amount of information on casualties is obtained within 24h,which conforms with the status of disaster information acquisition after moderately strong earthquake strikes;②Many regions are affected by the earthquake,the total sensible area is up to 816194km2,the area of seismic intensity Ⅵ and above is 19089km2,the area of seismic intensity Ⅸ and above is 280km2,the affected area equals to that of a MS7.0 earthquake;③Damages are huge and concentrated. By the time of 5PM,September 11,2022,93 people died,25 people went missing,415 buildings collapsed,5566 buildings were heavily damaged,19890s buildings were moderately damaged,565 new earthquake-induced geological hazard spots with potential to cause harm are added to the list,92% of the places where the victims were found,68% earthquake-induced geological hazard spots and most destroyed or heavily damaged buildings are distributed in the area of seismic intensity Ⅷ and seismic intensity Ⅸ;④Secondary geological hazards such as landslide and mountain collapse are the major cause of death,the proportion of their victims(missing people included)is up to 86%.