A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck a distant a part of China’s western Xinjiang area early Tuesday, state-run Xinhua Information Company reported.
Xinhua cited the China Earthquake Networks Centre as saying the quake rocked Wushu county in Aksu prefecture shortly after 2 am native time.
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The US Geological Survey mentioned the quake occurred within the Tian Shan mountain vary, a seismically lively area, although earthquakes of this measurement happen considerably occasionally. It mentioned the biggest quake within the space previously century was a 7.1-magnitude one in 1978 about 200 kilometres to the north of 1 early Tuesday.
State broadcaster CCTV mentioned there have been a number of aftershocks because the major quake, registering as much as 4.5 magnitude.
Tremors have been felt as far-off because the neighboring international locations Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan. Within the Kazakh capital of Almaty, individuals left their properties, the Russian information company Tass reported.
