According to TASS, a fairly strong earthquake occurred in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of China. Its magnitude is 5.5.
According to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center, the epicenter of the quake was located 43 km northeast of the Chinese county of Kashgar with a population of half a million people.
The earthquake was located at a depth of 6 km.
There was no information about possible casualties or damage.
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