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I just saw in news channel reporting about earth quake of 602 hit china ...
 
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I hope no casualty Is Reported...

Shallow 6.3 quake jolts western China

(AFP) / 12 August 2012

A shallow 6.3-magnitude earthquake rattled western Chinaon Sunday on the border between Xinjiang and Tibet, the US Geological Survey said.
The quake's 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.

The quake struck at around 6:45 pm (1045 GMT) and there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties.

The China Earthquake Networks Centre measured it as a 6.2-magnitude quake, the state-run Xinhua news agency said.

A similar 6.3-magnitude quake jolted Xinjiang on June 30, injuring at least 24 people, according to state media.

Xinjiang is a vast region with a population of around 20 million, of whom some nine million are Uighurs, a Turkic-speaking, mainly Muslim ethnic minority.

Shallow 6.3 quake jolts western China - Khaleej Times
 
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After Iran, now China, hope there are no casualties.
 
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Oh God, what is happening? I wonder if Mayans prediction is comming true? Remember guys, december 12 or something?
 
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After Iran, now China, hope there are no casualties.


Yeah it's my hope also. Fingers cross.

I read some in this forum that there are more than 600 quake so far this, large and small, and is scary if is true. What the world is coming to.
 
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Magnitude 6.3 - XINJIANG-XIZANG BORDER REGION



This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.

  • Magnitude 6.3
  • Date-Time Sunday, August 12, 2012 at 10:47:06 UTC Sunday, August 12, 2012 at 06:47:06 PM at epicenter
  • Location 35.681°N, 82.516°E
  • Depth 11 km (6.8 miles)
  • Region XINJIANG-XIZANG BORDER REGION
  • Distances 282 km (175 miles) ESE of Hotan, China 481 km (298 miles) ENE of Leh, India 549 km (341 miles) SSE of Aral, China 560 km (347 miles) ESE of Shache, China


Magnitude 6.3 - XINJIANG-XIZANG BORDER REGION
 
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