A 5.9-magnitude earthquake struck Nyima County, Nagko City, Xicang Autonomous Prefecture in southwestern China, at 0846 a.m. Saturday (Beijing time), according to the China Earthquake Networks Center.
The New China News Agency, Xinhua, quoted a report issued by the center as saying that the epicenter of the earthquake was monitored at 34.14 degrees north latitude and 86.36 degrees east longitude, and at a depth of 8 kilometers.
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