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CHINA-QUAKE-XINJIANG-LEAD
5.1-magnitude quake hits Xinjiang, no casualties reported
BEIJING/URUMQI, Nov. 4, 2018 (BSS/XINHUA) – A 5.1-magnitude earthquake
jolted the city of Artux in Kizilsu Kirgiz Autonomous Prefecture in northwest
China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region at 5:36 a.m. Sunday (Beijing Time),
according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC).
The epicenter was monitored at 40.24 degrees north latitude and 77.63
degrees east longitude. The quake struck at a depth of 22 km, the center
said.
The places within 20 km around epicenter is sparsely populated. No
casualties and loss of properties have been reported so far, according to the
regional seismological bureau
The epicenter is 920 km away from the regional capital of Urumqi, and 90 to
about 110 km away from nearby counties of Bachu, Akqi and Jiashi, where local
people said they were waken up by the jolt.
The bureau has dispatched work groups to the quake-affected areas to carry
out a thorough investigation.
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