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2 quakes hit western China, no injuries reported
By Wang Qingchu |
November 1, 2011, Tuesday
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TWO earthquakes rocked the border area between Sichuan and Gansu provinces, and northwest China's Xinjiang respectively this morning.
An earthquake measuring 6.0 on Richter scale jolted the Kazak Autonomous Prefecture of Ili in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region at 8:21am, China Earthquake Networks Center said this morning.
Earlier a 5.4-magnitude quake hit the border area of Sichuan and Gansu at 5:58am, the center said.
The quake epicenter was located at the border area of Qingchuan County in the city of Guangyuan in Sichuan and Wenxian County in the city of Longnan in Gansu.
"People ran out of their houses when the quake struck, but there have been no housing collapses in urban Wenxian County," said Zhang Huaibi, deputy chief of the county's publicity department.
All villages in Wenxian County with communication services have reported no casualties, said Liu Huiping, head of Zhongmiao Township in Wenxian.
An earthquake measuring 6.0 on Richter scale jolted the Kazak Autonomous Prefecture of Ili in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region at 8:21am, China Earthquake Networks Center said this morning.
Earlier a 5.4-magnitude quake hit the border area of Sichuan and Gansu at 5:58am, the center said.
The quake epicenter was located at the border area of Qingchuan County in the city of Guangyuan in Sichuan and Wenxian County in the city of Longnan in Gansu.
"People ran out of their houses when the quake struck, but there have been no housing collapses in urban Wenxian County," said Zhang Huaibi, deputy chief of the county's publicity department.
All villages in Wenxian County with communication services have reported no casualties, said Liu Huiping, head of Zhongmiao Township in Wenxian.
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