China: 5.8 magnitude earthquake jolts Aral
The earthquake hit the Aral, a sub-prefecture-level city surrounded by Aksu Prefecture in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China on Monday, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre reported
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Beijing: An earthquake of magnitude 5.8 on the Richter scale hit the Aral, a sub-prefecture-level city surrounded by Aksu Prefecture in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China on Monday, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) reported.
“Earthquake M5.8 occurred 106 km SE of #Aral (#China) 11 min ago (local time 05:49:37),” EMSC tweeted.
More details are awaited.
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