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6.2 Magnitude Earthquake Hits Xinjiang, China
« on: December 08, 2016, 11:06:00 PM »
No casualties after 6.2 magnitude quake hits Xinjiang

URUMQI, Dec. 8 (PNA/Xinhua) -- No casualties have been reported since a magnitude-6.2 earthquake jolted Hutubi County in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region 1:15 p.m. Thursday.

The epicenter is located at 43.83 degrees north latitude and 86.35 degrees east longitude. The quake struck at a depth of 6 km, and was felt strongly in Urumqi, the regional capital 100 km away, and other parts of northern Xinjiang.

The moderate quake was followed by more than 140 aftershocks on Thursday afternoon, including six measuring between 3 and 3.9 magnitude.

Wang Guiqin. who lives on the second floor of a building in Hutubi, told Xinhua "the building was shaking and the lamp looked like it would fall. The balcony door shook open."

Liu Xingguo in Hutubi said he was in his yard when the quake struck. He felt the ground shaking, but his brick house was undamaged. He did not see any other houses collapse in the village.

A Xinhua reporter in Urumqi said his office building shook for more than 10 seconds.

Drink cans and bottles fell from shelves in a supermarket in Urumqi.

The quake caused no serious damage but cracks appeared in more than a dozen houses in six villages and a primary school near the epicenter, local authorities said.

In Sangong Township of neighboring Manas County, there were also cracks in several houses and some chimneys fell.

Local schools in Hutubi suspended classes on Thursday afternoon.

Meanwhile, 24 trains have been affected as local railway authorities suspended rail services out of safety concerns.

A safety check was conducted on railway facilities between Urumqi and Kuytun, according to the Urumqi Railway Bureau.

The epicenter is in northern Hutubi, a sparsely-populated region at an altitude of 1,500 meters. More than 70 percent houses in Hutubi and neighboring regions of Manas and Shihezi are government-subsidized earthquake-proof properties. (PNA/Xinhua)

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