6.3 magnitude quake hits western China

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A 6.3 magnitude earthquake hit western china on Monday.

12 August,2012 04:49 pm

A shallow 6.3-magnitude earthquake rattled western China Sunday on the border between Xinjiang and Tibet, the US Geological Survey said.The quakes epicentre, at a shallow depth of nine kilometres (5.6 miles), was in a remote area of the border region some 280 kilometres east of Hotan town, the USGS said. There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties.