Shallow 6.3 quake jolts western China: USGS

A shallow 6.3-magnitude earthquake rattled western China Sunday on the border between Xinjiang and Tibet, the US Geological Survey said.

The quake's epicentre, at a shallow depth of nine kilometres (5.6 miles), was in a remote area of the border region some 280 kilometres east of Hotan town, the USGS said.

The quake struck at around 6:45 pm (1045 GMT) and there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties.

The China Earthquake Networks Centre measured it as a 6.2-magnitude quake, the state-run Xinhua news agency said.

A similar 6.3-magnitude quake jolted Xinjiang on June 30, injuring at least 24 people, according to state media.

Xinjiang is a vast region with a population of around 20 million, of whom some nine million are Uighurs, a Turkic-speaking, mainly Muslim ethnic minority.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/shallow-6-3-quake-jolts-western-china-usgs-000119075.html

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