China Earthquake: Another quake of 5.5-magnitude hits northwestern Xinjiang region | Oneindia News
China Earthquake: Another quake of 5.5-magnitude hits northwestern Xinjiang region | Oneindia News

A magnitude-5.2 earthquake struck the region on Tuesday at around 09:46 local time.

The China Earthquake Networks Center reported it as a magnitude-5.5 quake, hitting China's northwestern Xinjiang area.

The epicentre was approximately 110 km west of Tumxuk, with a depth of 10 km.

This 5.5 magnitude tremor comes hours after a magnitude-6.2 earthquake in a cold and mountainous region in northwestern China killed at least 111 people.

In the earlier tremor, more than 230 were left injured.

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