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A 5.5-magnitude earthquake jolted China’s Xinjiang province today, according to the local seismological bureau.
The quake-hit Luntai county in northern Xinjiang. The epicentre of the quake was at a depth of 20 km, according to the seismological bureau of Bayingolin Mongol autonomous prefecture.
Residents in the county and some nearby counties said they felt a strong tremor.
People in Xinjiang’s capital city Urumqi said they could also feel the quake.
No casualties
The county government said the epicentre is in the mountainous area with an altitude of about 2,500 metres.
There were no reports of casualties, Xinhua reported.
Luntai is located south of Tianshan mountains and the northern edge of Tarim Basin, and it is more than 600 km from Urumqi.
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