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5.2-magnitude quake hits China’s Xizang

A 5.2-magnitude earthquake jolted the Rutog County in Ali Prefecture, southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region, at 1:44 p.m. Saturday (Beijing Time), according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC).

The epicenter was monitored at 33.56 degrees north latitude and 81.84 degrees east longitude, with a depth of 10 km, the CENC said.

An earthquake of magnitude 5.5 struck Tibet in western China on Saturday, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) said.

The quake was at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), said GFZ, which initially recorded the magnitude at 5.7.

China, which seized control of Tibet in 1950, calls the region Xizang.

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