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| Tibet earthquake: 6.3 magnitude tremors shake northeast of country | Tibet earthquake: 6.3 magnitude tremors shake northeast of country |
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| A strong 6.3 magnitude earthquake has shaken China's Tibet region. | A strong 6.3 magnitude earthquake has shaken China's Tibet region. |
| There was no immediate detail given on the damage caused or number of casualties. | There was no immediate detail given on the damage caused or number of casualties. |
| The US Geological Survey said the quake hit at a depth of about 6 miles about 36 miles northeast of Nyingchi. | The US Geological Survey said the quake hit at a depth of about 6 miles about 36 miles northeast of Nyingchi. |
| China's official Xinhua News Agency put the magnitude at 6.9 and said it struck at 6.34am local time. | |
| The Nyingchi government said in a statement on its microblog that the quake's epicentre was in an uninhabited region and that it had yet to receive any casualty reports. | |
| The epicentre was within 150 miles of the Indian towns of Along, Pasighat and Tezu, the USGS added. | |
| A magnitude 6.3 quake is considered strong and is capable of causing severe damage. | |
| Southwestern parts of China are frequently hit by earthquakes. A huge quake in Sichuan province in 2008 killed almost 70,000 people. |