A strong earthquake has jolted China’s Central Asian frontier, shaking
buildings and cutting off electricity in the remote mountainous area and
sending rescuers in search of casualties.
The U.S. Geological Survey measured the Saturday morning quake that hit
the Xinjiang region at 6.3 magnitude, while China’s Earthquake Networks
Centre put it at 6.6 magnitude.
China’s state-run Xinhua News Agency reported that residents near
the epicentre were shaken out of bed in pre-dawn darkness and that some
households lost electricity. It reported that the quake shook buildings
200 kilometres, or 120 miles, to the west in the regional capital,
Urumqi.
Xinhua said rescuers are being dispatched to the sparsely populated area to search for casualties.
AP
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