6.2-magnitude earthquake hits Xinjiang in western China

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A 6.2-magnitude earthquake jolted a city in far western China on Thursday afternoon.

The quake struck at 1.15pm in the city of Changji’s Hutubi county in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, according to the China Earthquake Networks Centre.

The US Geological Survey measured the quake at a magnitude of 5.9.

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