‘Magnitude 7.1 earthquake hits remote western China’

People gather in a street after leaving their flats in Almaty, Kazakhstan, after the earthquake (Vladimir Tretyakov/NUR.KZ via AP)
People gather in a street after leaving their flats in Almaty, Kazakhstan, after the earthquake (Vladimir Tretyakov/NUR.KZ via AP)
Mon, 22 Jan, 2024 - 20:54
Associated Press reporters

A magnitude 7.1 earthquake has struck a remote part of China’s western Xinjiang region, state-run Xinhua News Agency has reported.

The earthquake rocked Wushu county in Aksu prefecture just after 2am local time, Xinhua cited the China Earthquake Networks Centre as saying.

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