5.7-magnitude quake hits Tibet
A 5.7-magnitude earthquake hit a remote area of Tibet in western China yesterday, the US Geological Survey said.
The quake struck at 5:23 am (2123 GMT Sunday) 142 kilometres (88 miles) south-southeast of the city of Qamdo at a depth of 50 kilometres, the USGS said.
The China Earthquake Networks Center measured the quake as 6.1 magnitude at a relatively shallow 10 kilometres, the official Xinhua news agency reported, while the Hong Kong Observatory registered it as 5.9.
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