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    Powerful 7.1-magnitude earthquake strikes western China causing widespread damage

    by Alisha Rahaman Sarkar Jan 23, 2024 2 minutes
    Source: AP

    A powerful 7.1 magnitude earthquake struck the Kyrgyzstan-China border region during the early hours of Thursday, injuring several people and damaging over 120 houses amid freezing temperatures.

    The temblor jolted the Uchturpan county in Aksu prefecture in China's western shortly after 2am, according to the China Earthquake Networks Centre. The epicentre was at a depth of 22km in the sparsely populated mountainous border

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