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A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck a distant a part of China’s western Xinjiang area early Tuesday, state-run Xinhua News Agency reported.
Xinhua cited the China Earthquake Networks Center as saying the earthquake rocked Wushu county in Aksu prefecture shortly after 2 am native time.
The US Geological Survey stated the earthquake occurred within the Tian Shan mountain vary, a seismically energetic area, though earthquakes of this dimension happen considerably occasionally. It stated the most important earthquake within the space previously century was a 7.1-magnitude one in 1978 about 200 kilometers to the north of 1 early Tuesday.
State broadcaster CCTV stated there have been a number of aftershocks for the reason that essential earthquake, registering as much as 4.5 magnitude.
Tremors had been felt as far-off because the neighboring international locations of Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan. In the Kazakh capital of Almaty, individuals left their houses, the Russian information company Tass reported.
First Published: Jan 23 2024 | 6:34 AM IST