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Quake measuring 5.0 hits China-Kirgizstan border
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Updated: 2009-07-01 15:24
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URUMQI: An earthquake measuring 5.0 on the Richter scale hit the China-Kirgizstan border Wednesday, the seismological network in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region said.

The quake hit at around 8:29 am with its epicenter at 73.4 degrees east and 39.5 degrees north, putting it about 150 km southwest of Oqar County in the Kirgiz Autonomous Prefecture of Kizilsu, the network said.

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The tremor was clearly felt in at least three villages of Oqar County, said a local government spokesman, who added there had been no reports of casualties.

Oqar County is 1,500 km from the regional capital Urumqi.

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