BEIJING: A 5.7-magnitude earthquake struck Baqen County of Nagqu City in southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region at 7:25 p.m. Sunday (Beijing Time), according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC).
The epicenter was monitored at 32.43 degrees north latitude and 93.99 degrees east longitude. The quake struck at a depth of 10 km.
Earlier, An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.1 jolted Bouvet Island Region at 1524 GMT on Saturday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said.
The epicenter, with a depth of 10 km, was initially determined to be at 54.07 degrees south latitude and 6.95 degrees east longitude. –Agencies
