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Monday, October 31, 2011

6.0 Earthquake Hits China


Just within the past 30 minutes there was a 6.0 earthquake in China...

NORTHERN XINJIANG, CHINA

after a quake...

Monday, October 31, 2011 at 21:58:16 UTC
Tuesday, November 01, 2011 at 05:58:16 AM at epicenter

SICHUAN-GANSU BORDER REGION, CHINA
USGS
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6.0-magnitude quake hits NW China's Xinjiang
English.news.cn 2011-11-01 08:59:18 FeedbackPrintRSS

BEIJING, Nov. 1 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake measuring 6.0 on the Richter scale jolted Kazak Autonomous Prefecture of Ili, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region at 8:21 a.m. Tuesday Beijing Time, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center.

The epicenter, with a depth of 10 km, was monitored at about 43.6 degrees north latitude and 82.4 degrees east longitude, the center said in a statement.
Xinhuanet.com
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Earthquake rattles northwest China

By the CNN Wire Staff
updated 9:10 PM EST, Mon October 31, 2011

(CNN) -- A magnitude 6.0 earthquake rattled northwestern China on Tuesday morning, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.
The quake struck at 8:21 a.m. (8:21 p.m. Monday ET), according to the USGS. It was centered in northern Xinjiang province at a depth of nearly 28 km (17 miles) below the surface, the agency reported.
The epicenter was 96 km from the city of Yining and about 130 km from China's border with Kazakhstan, the USGS said. There was no immediate report of damage or injuries.
CNN

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