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5.5 magnitude earthquake hits northwest China without causing damage

A earthquake of magnitude 5.5 shook the province this Thursday China in Qinghai (northwest) without any human or material damage having been reported so far, reported the Asian country’s Seismological Network Center.

He shivering The record was recorded at 8:39 am local time (0:39 am GMT) and had an epicenter ten kilometers deep, at 33.39 degrees north latitude and 90.93 degrees east longitude, according to the institution.

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It is a mountainous area that borders the region of Tibet (west), which is sparsely populated.

On December 18, 151 people lost their lives in a earthquake of magnitude 6.2 that shook this same province and the neighboring province of Gansuwhere it also left serious damage to infrastructure and more than 200,000 homes destroyed.

Source: Elcomercio

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