(SPOT NEWS)CHINA-XINJIANG-AKSU-EARTHQUAKE (CN)

(SPOT NEWS)CHINA-XINJIANG-AKSU-EARTHQUAKE (CN)

(240123) -- AKSU, Jan. 23, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Staff members of China Railway Urumqi Group Co., Ltd. check railway tracks after an earthquake jolted Wushi County of Aksu Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Jan. 23, 2024. A 7.1-magnitude earthquake jolted Wushi County in Aksu Prefecture in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region at 2:09 a.m. Tuesday (Beijing Time), according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC). The epicenter, with a depth of 22 km, was monitored at 41.26 degrees north latitude and 78.63 degrees east longitude, said the CENC. According to the Xinjiang Earthquake Agency, the epicenter is approximately 50 km from the county seat of Wushi, with five villages located within a 20-kilometer radius around the epicenter. Several residential houses and livestock sheds collapsed in the epicenter, with some herdsmen suffering minor injuries, according to local sources. Parts of the area had experienced temporary disruption of electricity supply

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