Xinjiang quake: No casualties but injuries and collapsed buildings reported

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A 7.1 magnitude earthquake struck the Kyrgyzstan-Xinjiang border region on Tuesday (Jan 23) morning with reports of several injuries and collapsed houses. No casualties have been reported so far.  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00 Rescue and relief efforts are underway in Xinjiang's Kizil-Su Kyrgyz Prefecture, bordering

00:06 China and Kyrgyzstan, which was hit by a 7.1 magnitude earthquake on Tuesday morning.

00:12 Teams of personnel have been deployed to the affected areas where several injuries and

00:16 collapsed buildings were reported.

00:18 The rescuers were combing the debris to locate survivors while injured victims were sent

00:23 to hospitals.

00:24 The epicenter of the earthquake struck at 2.09am, at a depth of 22km in the mountainous

00:30 area of Wuxi County.

00:33 The epicenter is located about 50km from the county, with five villages within a 20km

00:39 radius.

00:40 As of 8am, more than 40 aftershocks have been recorded, with the strongest being 5.3 magnitude.

00:48 No casualties have been reported so far.

00:51 The earthquake was also felt in other major cities in Xinjiang, including Urumqi, Hotan

00:56 and Kashgar.

00:57 For more information, visit www.fema.gov.au/epicenter.

01:02 For more information, visit www.fema.gov.au/epicenter.

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