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Earthquake in China
A magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck the northwestern region of China's Xhinjiang province on 08 August. Two aftershocks were also reported a few minutes later at 5.2 and 5.3 magnitude. No casualties or damage were reported by authorities.
The Xinjiang quake struck at a depth of 11 km and although there were no towns within 20km in the sparsely populated remote areas near the epicentre, residents several hundred km away felt the tremors.
A few hours earlier a strong quake shook the south western province of Sichuan (in a related Charter activation) and affected over 100,000 houses and killed at least 19 people.
| Type of Event: | Earthquake |
| Location of Event: | China |
| Date of Charter Activation: | 9 August 2017 |
| Time of Charter Activation: | 10:32:00 |
| Time zone of Charter Activation: | UTC+08:00 |
| Charter Requestor: | National Disaster Reduction Center of China (NDRCC) |
| Activation ID: | 542 |
| Project Management: | NDRCC |
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