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Moderate earthquakes hit China's northwest and northeast

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Updated: 2009-12-21 14:49
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BEIJING: An earthquake measuring 5.0 on the Richter scale struck Delingha City of northwest China's Qinghai province at 1:15 pm (Beijing time) Monday, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center.

The epicenter was detected at 37.5 degrees north latitude and 96.7 degrees east longitude with a depth of 10 kilometers.

Quake hits northeast China

An earthquake measuring 4.7 on the Richter scale rocked northeast China early Monday morning, the national seismological network said.

The tremor occurred at 5:31 a.m. at the border area between Tongyu and Changling counties in Jilin Province and Horqin Left Wing Middle Banner in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.

The epicenter, with a depth of eight kilometers, was located at 44.5 degrees north latitude and 123.0 degrees east longitude.

There were no reports of casualties.

 
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