A 5.0-magnitude earthquake hit Uqturpan County, Aksu Prefecture, northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, at 1:29 p.m. Sunday Beijing Time, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC).
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The epicenter, according to the country’s news agency, Xinhua, was monitored at 41.21 degrees north latitude and 78.82 degrees east longitude. The quake struck at a depth of 11km.
Further information were yet to be released as at press time.
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