The earthquake occurred at a depth of 11 km (6.84 miles), CENC reported. As of 1:00 p.m., Xinhua, citing local authorities, reported no casualties or collapsed houses, noting that the areas surrounding the epicentre are sparsely populated.
An earthquake of magnitude 5.67 struck the Kyrgyzstan-Xinjiang border region on Wednesday, just a day after a magnitude 7.1 quake in the same area, the German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ) said.
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.0 jolted China's far-western Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region early Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey says..
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