![Tremors felt in Delhi-NCR as major quake jolts China's Xinjiang Tremors felt in Delhi-NCR as major quake jolts China's Xinjiang](https://i3.wp.com/iansportalimages.s3.amazonaws.com/thumbnails/202401233109180.jpg?w=300&resize=300,533&ssl=1)
New Delhi, Jan 23 (IANS) Tremors were felt in Delhi-NCR on late Monday as a strong earthquake jolted China’s Xinjiang.
“Earthquake of Magnitude:7.2, Occurred on 22-01-2024, 23:39:11 IST, Lat: 40.96 & Long: 78.30, Depth: 80 Km,Location: Southern Xinjiang, China,” the National Center for Seismology said on X.
The US Geological Survey, which estimated the intensity of the quake at 7 on the Richter Scale, said that it occurred 129 km west by nortthwest of China’s Aykol, and neighbouring Kyrgyzstan, Tajikstan, and Kazakhstan were also impacted.
A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck southern Xinjiang earlier on Monday too, reports said.
–IANS
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