Shallow 5.9-Magnitude Quake Hits Qinghai

Shallow 5.9-magnitude quake hits Qinghai (News Central TV) Shallow 5.9-magnitude quake hits Qinghai (News Central TV)
Shallow 5.9-magnitude quake hits Qinghai. Credit: Reuters

A shallow magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck a mountainous rural district in China’s central Qinghai province early Wednesday, according to the United States Geological Survey.

The epicentre was located 269 kilometres southeast of Dunhuang at a depth of 10 kilometres.

Shallow 5.9-magnitude quake hits Qinghai (News Central TV)
Shallow 5.9-magnitude quake hits Qinghai. Credit: Reuters

Meanwhile, the China Earthquake Networks Centre recorded the tremor at magnitude 5.6, as reported by the state media outlet Xinhua.

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